Lazy yet cute abbreviations for everyday things (they do this in New Zealand too)

• brekkie: breakfast
• smoko: breaktime (not everyone smokes though!)
• Maccas: McDonalds
• bikkie: cookie
• sunnies: sunglasses
• tea: dinner (this one irks me because they don’t even drink tea at dinnertime!)
• pav: pavlova (a fluffy dessert with egg whites and powdered sugar

Another theme: pissing

• on the piss: drinking
• pissed: drunk
• fairy’s piss: a misty day
• pissing down: raining hard

Common ones you hear everyday:

• ta: thank you
• blokes: men
• good on you: well done
• harya garn: funny greeting, sounds like ‘how are you going’

Insults:

• dag: the poopy end of a sheep’s butt

Funny sayings

• Make hay while the sun still shines: Take advantage of the opportunity
• Their ears must be burning: Talking about someone who isn’t present
• Keep taking your tablets: Say to someone who is saying something over the top
• He doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet: He’s a hard worker!
• The sights you see when you haven’t got a gun!: Look who’s showed up!