Australian Slang and Phrases Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

In casual Australian and British speech, what does 'ta' mean?

Question 2

In Australian usage, what is 'the never never'?

Question 3

If an Australian says they are 'flat out like a lizard drinking', what do they mean?

Question 4

What is a 'billy' in the Australian bush?

Question 5

In Australian slang, a person 'mad as a cut snake' is what?

Question 6

How is the word 'heaps' typically used in Australian slang?

Question 7

At an Australian pub, what does 'it's your shout' mean?

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About Australian Slang and Phrases

How much Australian slang do you actually know? This quiz runs to one hundred questions in four packs of twenty-five, covering the words and sayings that fill everyday Australian speech: the clipped words like arvo, servo, mozzie and tradie; the phrases like no worries, fair dinkum, she'll be right and good on ya; the affectionate insults like drongo, galah, bogan and dag; the pub and barbecue talk of snags, schooners, shouts and stubby holders; and the outback and Waltzing Matilda vocabulary of swags, billies, billabongs, jumbucks and the back of Bourke.

Every question is multiple choice with four options of the same kind, and the wording never gives the answer away. A short note after each answer explains where the term comes from, how it is used, and which part of the country favours it.

Pack one is everyday slang and abbreviations. Pack two is the words Australians use for people and character, from larrikin and battler to wowser and ocker, plus the long comic similes for being busy, foolish or furious. Pack three is food, drink and the pub: snags, sangers, dead horse, goon, the shout, Vegemite, fairy bread, lamingtons, the sausage sizzle and the democracy sausage. Pack four is the outback, the bush ballad and the idioms: Woop Woop, the never never, furphy, give it a burl, spit the dummy, chuck a sickie, Buckley's chance and the state nicknames.

A handful of questions carry a photograph of a pub, a barbecue, a clothesline or a stretch of outback road, chosen so the picture sets the scene without hinting at the answer. Everything has been checked against dictionaries of Australian English.