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Australian English Slang Terms - Part 1


Match the Australian slang term on the left with the correct meaning on the right:


1. footy				a) a barbecue

2. a barbie				b) an idiot

3. fair dinkum				c) to rest and relax, especially watching TV

4. an earbashing			d) a lot

5. Aussie				e) a friend

6. a cobber				f) money

7. heaps				g) Australian

8. moolah				h) an English person

9. a dipstick				i) Australian Rules Football

10. a dunny				j) true; genuine

11. the Outback				k) a sustained period of nagging

12. a Pom				l) a horrible person

13. a mongrel				m) an outside toilet

14. to veg out				n) Australia and New Zealand

15. Down Under				o) the interior of the continent of Australia