bait
Bait means something is way too obvious, usually in a cringey or annoying way. If you're being bait, everyone can see what you're up to.
Stop staring at her, you're being so bait!
New slang
What just arrived in the dictionary.
innit
Innit is short for 'isn't it', and you stick it on the end of a sentence to get someone to agree or just to add emphasis. It works after pretty much anything, not only 'is' sentences.
It's freezing out today, innit?
devo
Short for 'devastated', but people almost always use it jokingly about something small that let them down. You're not actually heartbroken, just a bit bummed.
The café ran out of banana bread before I got there, I'm devo.
sanga
Just a sandwich. It's the casual Aussie way of saying it, like you'd grab one for lunch or from the bakery.
I'm starving, gonna grab a ham and cheese sanga from the servo.
snag
A sausage, usually the kind you throw on the barbie. Think backyard cookouts or the classic sausage in bread at a fundraiser.
Chuck a few more snags on the barbie, the footy crew just turned up.
budgie smugglers
Tight little men's swimmers, like Speedos. The joke is that they look like you're sneaking a budgie (a small parrot) down there.
He rocked up to the beach in his budgie smugglers and everyone lost it.
bludger
Someone who's lazy and dodges work or effort, often leaving others to pick up the slack. A 'dole bludger' is someone people reckon is living off welfare without trying to get a job.
Get off the couch and help with the dishes, you bludger.
yeah nah
It means no. The 'yeah' just shows you heard the question or kind of see the point, and the 'nah' is the real answer.
Wanna come for a run at 6am? Yeah nah, I'm good.
spit the dummy
To throw a tantrum or lose your cool, like a baby spitting out its dummy (pacifier). Usually said about adults acting childish.
The coach totally spat the dummy when the ref called it offside.
bogan
Someone seen as rough around the edges and unsophisticated, kind of like a British chav or an American redneck. It can be a put-down, but plenty of people use it fondly or even call themselves one.
Mullet, flanno and a ute with a massive sound system, he's a proper bogan.
chido
It's when something is really nice, pretty, or you just love it. You use it for things that look good, are well made, or that you have a great time with.
Qué chido estuvo el concierto de anoche, ¡hay que repetirlo!
How "chido" last night's concert was, we have to do it again!
chamba
It's your job, the work that puts food on the table. And when you're working, you say you're "chambeando".
No puedo salir hoy, tengo un montón de chamba y me toca chambear hasta tarde.
I can't go out today, I've got a ton of "chamba" and I have to "chambear" until late.