Aussie Slang

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I would love to hear some and the translation. I do get a kick of stine1's German course, and to learn Aussie slang would be great. I wish we could get some slang from England as well as I have seen some in discussions here and I have no idea what they are talking about. I am looking forward to part I of Aussie slang! Have a super day!

When I was living in the USA, I got most of the American slang fairly easily as I was used to watching American TV, but they had no idea what I was saying half the time. I would tell someone that I was "Stuffed" after a hard day at work and they would ask me what I had eaten. Then I said, you know "knackered, buggered" to more blank faces before I had to say that I was really tired! "No Worries" was another one that I used out of habit all the time and they loved that!

One of my favorite Aussie slang words would be 'beauty'. I love the idea of saying 'beauty' when you really like something, instead of 'cool' or 'great'. Being from the Deep South, (America), we are often accused of having our own weird slang. One notable slang term is "ya'll" which means, you all. Also, there are "grits", which no one but us Southerners know about and they are hot corn breakfast mush similar to 'cream of wheat'. But, they taste amazing, especially when you add an egg or butter during cooking. Some people say we all have a twang or drawl to our voices, but I don't notice it, especially in my own daughter. I've lived all over the Eastern seaboard even up into New York and Pennsylvania and that could explain the lack of a noticeable Southern drawl. I found a pretty cool site online that has a lot of Aussie slang words. Don't know how accurate they are. They say we should post an authoritative link if it helps the discussion, so here it is. http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html