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Welcome to the Australian Cultural Dictionary.
Many of the terms are closely associated with the city of Adelaide in South Australia, but most of the terms are used all over Australia.
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Aboriginal
Adelaide Festival
Adelaide Fringe
alpaca
Anzac biscuit
Anzac Day
arvo
Aussie
Aussie Rules
barbie
barrack
bbq
beaut
bickie / bikkie
big/small bickies/bikkies
bikie
billy
bloke
bludge
bludger
bogan
Bottoms up!
brekkie
Brussels sprout
budgie smugglers
bush tucker
byo
Centrelink
Cheers
chip
chook
Christmas Pageant
cricket
cuppa
Dagwood dog
deli
dingo
dob in
duckbill platypus
dummy
dummy run
dunny
echidna
EFTPOS, eftpos
emu
esky
G'day
G’day mate
goanna
Good on ya!
heaps
Hills Hoist
Hockeyroo
hoon
hotel
How are you going?
How's it going?
pie floater
platypus
pokies
Pom
Pommy
sanga
See ya
See you later
She’ll be right
show bag
Socceroo
spill
spread oneself too thin
spruik
stoush
Strine
stubby holder
Sugar!
sunnies
swag
sweet as
ta
Tasmanian devil
tax file number
tea
The Ashes
thongs
tracky dacks
tragic
tram
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