Australian – American Translator

How you going? – How are you? / How are you doing?

Fairy floss – Cotton candy

Fairy bread – Bread with butter and sprinkles; A dentist’s nightmare

Full stop – Period

Doona – Comforter

Frothie – Beer

Maccas – McDonalds

Brekky – Breakfast

Thongs – Flip flops

Root – Fuck

How’d you pull up? – Hungover this morning?

Reckon – Think

Ex. I reckon tonight will be awesome!

Heaps – A lot

Get around it – Get pumped, interested

Ex. You going to the Palace tonight? Yeah! Get around it!

Keen – Excited/interested

Ex. Footy tonight? Yeah I’m keen!

Can’t be bothered – Too lazy to do something/not in the mood

Ex. I can’t be bothered to do my assignment

Tut – Tutorial

Goon – The bane of my existence

Lollies – Candy

Mate – Friend, bro, dude

Good as – GOOD AS WHAT?! AS WHAT?!

Spew – Vom

Skull – Chug

Disaster – Exaggeration of something bad

Ex. How’d your essay go? It was a disaster!

Avos – Avocado

Arvo – Afternoon

Bloke – Man, guy

Bogan – Redneck

Swag – Sleeping bag

Tea – Dinner

Jumper – Sweater

Hoodie – Sweatshirt / Hoodie