Fair Dinkum! Aussie Slang
Fair Dinkum! Aussie Slang

Author: H.G. Nelson

Publisher: National Library of Australia

Published: 2015-11-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0642278792

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Australian slang unites the true blue and the dinky-di and separates the cheeky little possums from the happy little Vegemites. When we use slang, we’re connecting with the diggers in the villages of France ordering a vin blanc (‘plonk’) and the Indigenous Dharug-speakers of Sydney locating one another with a familiar cry (‘within cooee’). In this attractive and educational new pictorial guide, readers will be ably led through the world of Aussie slang by the great H.G. ‘battered sav’ Nelson.

The Penguin Book of Australian Slang
The Penguin Book of Australian Slang

Author: Lenie Johansen

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 1996-01

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780140255737

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The Penguin Book of Australian Slang scales the heights - and plumbs the depths - of the Australian language. For twenty years Lenie Johansen has been tuning in to and recording what Australians really say on the streets, in the pubs and to their family and mates. In this remarkable collection of classic and current colloquialisms she displays for readers all the inventiveness with words and the love of colourful expressions that have made Oz English unique.

The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary
The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary

Author: Richard Beckett

Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781864366457

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Packed with classic lines of vernacular humour and incisive observations, The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary will open your eyes to the strangeness and the poetry of Australian lingo.Because Aussies speak like nobody else on this great, wide planet, you need to read this book to really understand what's going on Down Under. The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary is a completely revised and expanded edition of this perennial favourite.

The Dinkum Dictionary
The Dinkum Dictionary

Author: Susan Butler

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1921351985

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Do you know what a Vic-wit is? Have you ever had a nibble pie? Now in it's third edition, The Dinkum Dictionary, is even better than ever. This fascinating book describes the origins and usage of words ranging from 'mulga' to 'anzac', from 'furphy' to 'blue', and this edition includes even more words and terms. Butler reveals little-known facts about our ways of communicating with each other. She examines the diverse range of influences that have coloured our language, indigenous & non-indigenous, revealing the richness of Australia's culture.

Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary
Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 9781876429522

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Slang permeates Australian society–it can be found in pubs and RSLs, at footy matches and on TV soapies, in the hallowed halls of parliament, in schoolyards (often behind the dunnies), and up the backyard round the barbie no less. From the racy and rude, to the lighthearted and charming, from the hip and happening language of city-dwellers to the dry wit of the true laconic bushy–it's all here in the new Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary.An entirely new dictionary covering slang from its earliest convict utterances right up to the very latest word. Editor James Lambert is one of Australia's foremost experts having made the study of Australian slang his lifetime occupation.Some features of this edition:- completely up-to-date - definitions written in accessible colloquial English–simple and easy to understand- historical treatment of important items of Aussie slang: fair dinkum, swaggies, Anzacs, humping the bluey, bonzer, Pommy, bludger, etc.- extensive coverage of rhyming slang- special attention given to slang phrases - lists of slang synonyms- regional slang gathered from contributors from all over the country, including hundreds of dinky-di terms never before recorded.