Corina’s Dictionary

corinanbabsUnless you’re Aussie or have known Corina for a while, you might find our some of our menu items, and some of our servers, a little hard to understand! This list might help you out!

Arvo – Afternoon
Barbie – Barbecue
Beanie – Tuque
Bin – Trash can
Bloody Oath!
– You bet!
Bogan – Redneck
Budgie Smugglers – Men’s swimmers/speedos
Chockers – Very full
Chook
– Chicken
Cobber – Old school term for ‘mate’ or ‘friend’
Cukes
– Cucumbers
Dodgy – Not quite right
Drongo – A silly person
Dunny – The washroom
Fair dinkum – Genuine
G’day – Hello, good day!
Grog – Alcohol
Jumper – Sweater
Mozza – Mozzarella
Nah Yeah – Yes
Ocker – Stereotypical Australian
Parma/Parmie – Chicken parmagiana
Pash – A long passionate kiss
Piss head – A Drunk
Piss off – Please go away
Pull ya head in – Behave yourself
Rippa – Awesome
Roo – Kangaroo
Rubbish – Trash
Sanger – Sandwich
Slab – 24 case of beer
Shoddy – Of poor quality
Serviette – Napkin
Sheila – An Australian lady
She’ll be right – everything will be ok
‘straya – Australia
Stubby – Bottle of beer
Stubby holder – Beer koozie
Suss it out – To assess something to determine if you like it
Ta – Thanks
Thongs – Flip flops
Tinny – A can of beer
Tomato Sauce – Ketchup
Tradie – Tradesman
Tucker – Food
Ute – Pickup truck
Yeah Nah – No
Your shout – Your turn to buy a round of drinks

 

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