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2012-12-12 11:10 7178582 OP Australian slang guessing game (Australia[1].jpg 800x670 33kB)
ITT: I write a word or short phrase, and foreigners guess what it means.
No googling.
>First word: seppo
0 min later 7178585 Anonymous
A fruit?
1 min later 7178597 OP
>>7178585
No.
I won't bother pointing out if people are wrong, by the way, I'll just tell them if they get it right (along with posting a new word).
2 min later 7178606 Anonymous
Is it an adjective for a person?
'He's a seppo'
2 min later 7178607 Anonymous
An idiot.
2 min later 7178608 Anonymous
>>7178582
That's a male name in Finland.
3 min later 7178612 Anonymous
>seppo
no fucking clue
5 min later 7178625 Anonymous
Is it some kind of food
5 min later 7178629 OP
>>7178606
>>7178607
Close. I'll give you a hint: it's a denonym.
6 min later 7178631 Anonymous
>>7178629
Americans.
6 min later 7178637 Anonymous
>>7178607
Exactly right.
I'd also have accepted fat, arrogant or person who claps a lot.
7 min later 7178640 OP
>>7178631
We have a winner!
>Next word: bluey
8 min later 7178648 Anonymous
>>7178640
Well that explains >>7178637
bluey?
This is harder than I thought
A bird?
9 min later 7178657 Anonymous
>>7178640
A blue singlet.
What do I win?
9 min later 7178659 Anonymous
A beverage?
10 min later 7178663 Anonymous
Worse thread ever
10 min later 7178668 Anonymous
>>7178640
Dunno, but I would expect niggers or abos, since some are so dark they're almost blue.
Win?
11 min later 7178672 Anonymous
>>7178648
Seppo >Septic Tank > Yank > Fat Person
12 min later 7178676 OP
>>7178668
Another hint: a bluey is a person, but niggers and abos can't usually be blueys.
12 min later 7178681 Anonymous
>>7178672
Jesus
Uh, a blue-eyed person?
12 min later 7178684 Anonymous
>>7178676
Blond?
13 min later 7178692 Anonymous
>>7178676
>bluey
>redhead not blue wifebeater
Get a load of this faggot
13 min later 7178697 Anonymous
>>7178640
Dunno in Oz. In Kiwiland its a "Get out of this pub and stay out for X amount of time" piece of paper. Trespass/Prohibition orders are printed on blue paper.
Not that I've ever seen one of course. Honest.
13 min later 7178699 Anonymous
I got one!
FRANGER
14 min later 7178703 OP
>>7178692
Thanks for ruining it mate. Just leave the thread or stop posting.
>Next word: dead horse
14 min later 7178704 Anonymous
>>7178676
Scientist
16 min later 7178716 Anonymous
>>7178703
You're welcome
>Tomato sauce
16 min later 7178717 Anonymous
>>7178703
You call redheads blueys?
Australia what are you doing lol
Dead horse? I'm guessing something mechanical but no idea
16 min later 7178719 Anonymous
It's not fair. You guys have slang words for Americans, British, South Africans and New Zealanders, but none for us.
We demand to be included.
17 min later 7178727 Anonymous
>>7178703
An actual dead horse?
17 min later 7178728 Anonymous
>>7178719
Don't worry Canada, you're all equally Gringos to me<3
17 min later 7178729 Anonymous (frango.jpg 1024x768 227kB)
>>7178703
Ah, then it's redhead? Considering I tried "blond", I wasn't so far...
Franger: a frango (pic related) more frango than other frangos.
(Srsly, no idea)
18 min later 7178742 OP
>>7178716
Well, I guess the thread's over, because this cunt decides that it's fun to ruin other people's threads.
I'll give you once more chance to fuck right off.
>Potential last word: woop woop
18 min later 7178744 Anonymous
>>7178582
spent a semester studying in australia.
short for septic tank
equated to americans
I can't quite remember the connection though...
19 min later 7178751 Anonymous
>>7178742
A phone?
Your language is bizarre lol
19 min later 7178758 OP
>>7178744
'Septic tank' rhymes with 'Yank' which is short for 'Yankee', which we use to describe all Americans - not just New Englishmen.
20 min later 7178759 Anonymous
>>7178742
>because this cunt decides that it's fun to ruin other people's threads.
That is true, but I don't want you to get too anally pained so I won't ruin the rest for you.
21 min later 7178765 Anonymous
>>7178742
Ring
22 min later 7178770 Anonymous
>>7178742
>woop woop
This sounds like a happy dog.
23 min later 7178777 Anonymous
>>7178728
I love you too, Venezuela. Gibe sexy wominz pls.
23 min later 7178780 Anonymous
>seppo
It's "american", isn't it.
>yank
>septic tank
23 min later 7178782 OP
yabber
23 min later 7178785 Anonymous
>>7178777
Gibe freedums plx
I know it's the murricans usually but you can into colonialism too, rite?
25 min later 7178792 Anonymous
>>7178782
What about woop woop? Did somebody guess it right?
Yabber sounds like Flintstone's "yabba yabba hey!".
25 min later 7178799 OP
>>7178792
He isn't me. Note the tripcodes.
26 min later 7178805 Anonymous
>>7178799
Ah, sorry.
27 min later 7178818 Anonymous
>>7178792
>yabba yabba hey
Do you mean?
>yabba dabbo doo
28 min later 7178826 Anonymous
>>7178818
Fred does both, mate.
30 min later 7178849 OP
Okay, it looks like this is going nowhere, so here's another hint: woop woop is a place.
31 min later 7178856 Anonymous
>>7178849
A place with lots of stray dogs?
34 min later 7178878 Anonymous
>>7178849
You sure you don;t mean the Wopwops?
34 min later 7178881 Anonymous
>>7178849
The amusement park
35 min later 7178883 OP
>>7178878
Same thing, different spelling and pronunciation.
37 min later 7178895 Anonymous
>>7178883
>>7178878
>>7178849
I was clueless but curious as fuck, so I googled and found the answer.
(I won't say it here to not spoil.)
37 min later 7178898 Anonymous
>implying any Oz slang besides 'bogan', 'povvo', and 'sick cunt' matter
37 min later 7178903 Anonymous
>>7178856
middle of nowhere
39 min later 7178916 Anonymous
>>7178785
Who do you think gave Chavez cancer?
39 min later 7178919 Anonymous
I hear they tried to change smoko to quitto in an attempt to get people to stop smoking, don't think it caught on...
39 min later 7178920 OP
>>7178903
Well, it was going nowhere anyway.
It's the middle of nowhere.
An easy one this time:
>Next word: ute
40 min later 7178926 Anonymous
>>7178916
Yah rite, he's been 'avin cancer for years now
41 min later 7178930 Anonymous
>>7178920
I don't have the slightest idea
41 min later 7178940 Anonymous
>>7178920
I didn't know ute was Aussie slang.
42 min later 7178944 Anonymous
>>7178926
Don't worry, have faith. He'll die soon, and then they'll be freedums and maple syrup for all.
42 min later 7178945 Anonymous
Somewhere out in the bush / desert.
42 min later 7178946 Anonymous
>>7178883
Cereal? Never heard it prounced that way, much less spelt that way.
You Ozzies don't spoke proper.
42 min later 7178948 Anonymous
>>7178920
youth?
43 min later 7178954 Anonymous
>>7178944
Muh maple syrups, I lurve 'em
>>7178920
Is it clothing? Something you wear?
43 min later 7178956 Anonymous
>>7178920
Ute isn't Oz slang mate, it's everywhere (Or at least here too)
44 min later 7178967 OP
>>7178954
No, it isn't clothing.
45 min later 7178973 Anonymous
>>7178967
Is it a tool?
Like a wench?
46 min later 7178977 OP
>>7178973
It's commonly used to hold tools.
47 min later 7178990 Anonymous (iSKG4vMxecp1h.gif 480x480 649kB)
>>7178742
>pull over dat ass is too fat
47 min later 7178991 Anonymous
>>7178977
Well that throws me off
I was thinking utility belt
47 min later 7178995 Anonymous
>>7178967
It's a car with a tray in the back and 2 seats in the front, assuming of course it's not a dual cab.
48 min later 7178997 OP
>>7178995
Winner
>Next word: yonks
49 min later 7179000 Anonymous
>>7178991
that is so fucking close word wise
49 min later 7179003 Anonymous
>>7178997
Is it a plural?
Can you say 'A yonk'?
50 min later 7179016 OP
>>7179003
Technically you should be able to say "a yonk", but semantically it doesn't make sense.
51 min later 7179021 Anonymous
>>7179016
That helps. Yonks. Let's see..
51 min later 7179025 Anonymous
>>7179016
Could you say something like 'I have yonks/ i've got the yonks'? I'm thinking a disease, or something like being thirsty
52 min later 7179029 OP
>>7179025
You can say "I've got yonks" in some situations, but not "I've got the yonks". It isn't a disease or thirst.
54 min later 7179048 Anonymous
why can't australians pronounce the letter R
55 min later 7179055 Anonymous
>>7179048
We can, and we do if it's followed by a vowel.
55 min later 7179057 Anonymous
>>7179029
I'm starting to think your language is actively trying not to make sense lol
I've got yonks.. Let's see..
56 min later 7179068 Anonymous
>>7178758
also, don't forget that "septic tank" is equated with Americans, because Americans are "full of shit"
(septic tanks collect rotten debris)
that's why we use the Cockney rhyming septic tank -> yank
56 min later 7179069 OP
>>7179048
"ahh"
In words we don't pronounce it because of efficiency. In fact, the non-silent r is the most noticeable thing about American accents.
>>7179057
Quite explicitly - with rhyming slang words like "septic tank" and "dead horse".
57 min later 7179070 Anonymous
>>7179057
I'm thinking friends, but since it can't be singular..
57 min later 7179076 Anonymous
>>7179069
i thought yonks was ages
58 min later 7179082 Anonymous
>>7179076
I've got ages?
That doesn't make sense
59 min later 7179095 Anonymous
>>7179076
like a fortnight
59 min later 7179096 Anonymous
>>7179082
no like i havent seen him in yonks
59 min later 7179097 Anonymous
>>7179082
'it's been yonks since I've seen her'
59 min later 7179098 OP
>>7179076
Ausbros, just as a reminder: the entire point is for you NOT to answer these questions.
Next word: cooee
>>7179082
An example:
>How long have you got before that work's due?
>I've got yonks (ages)
59 min later 7179101 Anonymous
>>7179095
thats what i thought it was
1 hours later 7179106 Anonymous
>>7179096
>>7179097
Oooh
Wow that sounds weird
1 hours later 7179109 Anonymous
>>7179098
It was painful watching that drawn out guess. Had to be put to an end.
1 hours later 7179110 Anonymous
Here's an easy one: Barbie.
1 hours later 7179115 Anonymous
>>7179098
i only asked because your hints confused the fuck out of me
1 hours later 7179118 Anonymous
>>7179098
I keep going back to birds but that would be too easy lol
1 hours later 7179124 Anonymous
>>7179110
Outback ads for the win
Barbecue
1 hours later 7179142 OP
>>7179118
Well, 'bird' is actually slang for something.
It's slang for a woman, especially an older one.
1 hours later 7179153 Anonymous
>>7179142
that's not austalian
1 hours later 7179155 Anonymous
>>7179142
How is it pronounced?
1 hours later 7179163 Anonymous
>>7179155
The 'r' is silent.
1 hours later 7179175 Anonymous
>>7179163
I mean cooee
Since almost everything so far has been about sounding alike I'm guessing I need to know how it sounds
1 hours later 7179176 OP
>>7179153
Fair enough.
>>7179155
Bird? The "ir" is almost like "uhh" but is slightly further forward in your mouth.
If you meant cooee, it's coo-ee. Pretty much all Aussie slang is phonetic.
1 hours later 7179190 Anonymous
How about "Cobber"
1 hours later 7179191 Anonymous
>>7179176
I'm seriously stumped on this one, not the slightest idea lol
I'll see if anyone else can figure it out
Just for the heck of it, is it like a cheer when you drink together?
1 hours later 7179202 Anonymous
Next word.
Minga
1 hours later 7179205 Anonymous
>>7179163
If always is for you.
1 hours later 7179210 Anonymous
>>7179202
Dick in spanish
1 hours later 7179215 Anonymous
>>7179202
is that just the oz version of minger?
1 hours later 7179219 OP
>>7179191
Well there aren't any other people in the thread, so I'll just tell you. It's a call used in the bush, but it can be used as slang to say "within cooee" to mean "within reasonable margin of error" because of the fairly small distance which a cooee can travel.
Here's what it sounds like as a call:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukpTm4Wv2as
>>7179190
>>7179202
Geez, even I don't know those. I'm cool with that though: those two are the current words to guess.
1 hours later 7179230 Anonymous
Here's another: boong.
1 hours later 7179240 Anonymous
>>7179190
old man
1 hours later 7179245 Anonymous
Here are a few, used in varying contexts:
1. mateship
2. bush tucker
3. schooner
4. AJ
5. girt
1 hours later 7179248 Anonymous
>>7179219
There's no way I could have ever guessed that one lol
1 hours later 7179252 Anonymous
>>7179230
Aborigine?
My contribution is Gin Jockey
1 hours later 7179253 Anonymous
>>7179245
I don't think 'girt' is slang, nor is it Australian.
1 hours later 7179260 Anonymous
>>7179253
apart from "girt by sea", I've rarely heard that word used. but yeah, you're probably right.
1 hours later 7179261 OP
>>7179248
Yeah, sorry about that - it was definitely too hard.
You can either try to guess the words that other Australians have posted, or you can try this one which I thought of earlier:
>chippy
>>7179253
Correct on both accounts, but people from other countries don't use it as a joke.
1 hours later 7179267 Anonymous
>>7179261
>chippy
Fish and chips shop, we call them the same here.
1 hours later 7179277 Anonymous
1. pom
2. the train to Cabramatta
3. wog
4. goon
1 hours later 7179279 Anonymous
>>7179267
That's not what it means here.
1 hours later 7179287 Anonymous
"Piss", as in "a bottle of piss".
Not used in the sense of "urine".
1 hours later 7179289 Anonymous
>>7179277
>1. pom
Englishman
>2. the train to Cabramatta
No idea.
>3. wog
Black person
>4. goon
Wine/alcohol in general?
1 hours later 7179295 Anonymous
Well, my head hurts too much for this right now so I'll just stand by and watch.
Last time I played this 'game' I was drunk with a Kiwi. It was fun as hell.
1 hours later 7179298 Anonymous
>>7179289
In Oz, wog refers to someone of Mediterranean descent, e.g. Turkish, Italian, Croatian, Greek, etc. Sometime Arabs are included, but they're usually just called "Lebs".
1 hours later 7179356 Anonymous
>>7179240
Cobber just means mate/freind, no specific age. You don't here it much in the city.
how about
smoko.
1 hours later 7179373 Anonymous
>>7178699
Franger!
Frankghanistan.
Funkytown
Insert picture of bogan molls pissing
1 hours later 7179397 Anonymous
Pissflaps
1 hours later 7179414 Anonymous
>>7179397
No one says that, mate.
No one says mate either.
1 hours later 7179416 Anonymous
>Foreign words thread
>All Australian
1 hours later 7179419 OP
>>7179414
I say mate when I mean the opposite.
For example, I might say "Mate, you're making a scene".
1 hours later 7179446 Anonymous
>Durry
1 hours later 7179474 Anonymous
>>7179446
I like a durry in the dunny
Good one
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