Australian Slang

Can you guess the meanings of these Australian slang words? Good on ya, mate!

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Slang	Meaning
Arvo	Afternoon
Brekkie	Breakfast
Mozzie	Mosquito
Oz	Australia
Sheila	Woman
Bloke	Man
Dunny	Toilet

Slang	Meaning
Barbie	Barbecue
Macca's	McDonald's
Sunnies	Sunglasses
Chook	Chicken
Brumby	Feral Horse
Chokkie	Chocolate
Prezzie	Present

Slang	Meaning
Digger	Soldier
Bathers	Swimsuit
Servo	Gas Station
Brizzie	Brisbane
Thong	Flip-flop
Facey	Facebook

+50

Level ∞

Jul 11, 2019

I await the many comments saying "I've lived in West Gooloogong my whole life and I can assure you that no one ever uses any of these words".

+33

Level 78

Jul 11, 2019

From NZ but the only one I hadn't heard the people from the West Island use is 'Facey'.

+13

Level 78

Jul 11, 2019

From NSW and we do use nearly all of these on the regular

Level 37

Oct 12, 2023

Except for "bathers". We call them "swimmers" in NSW. And in Queensland they're called "togs" but I've heard "swimmers" on the Gold Coast. But it's definitely "togs" in Brisbane.

+40

Level 79

Jul 12, 2019

I'm Australian and all but the last one are in common use. I have never heard anyone use "Facey". Was actually quite difficult to work out what others call bathers.

Level 43

Sep 11, 2019

Agree, who the hell calls it Facey?

Level 44

Mar 22, 2021

Facey?? WHAT???????

Level 56

Jan 19, 2022

Never heard Facey in my life. I actually had to Google whether this one was true and apparently it is among young Australians but I am a young Australian and I nor anyone I've ever met have ever said that. Must be slang in the more hipster parts of Sydney or Melbourne.

The rest are all fairly common though.

Level 89

Jan 26, 2022

Yeah I don't know why anyone would use Facey over Facebook. The latter sounds better.

Level 77

Jan 26, 2022

Call it "The Facey". Trust me.

Level 77

Jan 26, 2022

Never heard of facey and I'm a young person from hipster parts of Sydney.

+12

Level 77

Jul 14, 2019

I've lived in Upper Boganville all my life and have never heard of Facey. You need to provide a few answer options for bathers.

Level 71

Jul 20, 2019

Never heard 'facey' in South Australia, 'hen' should be allowed for 'chook'

Level 55

Aug 20, 2021

Hen isn't Australian slang though

Level 71

Jan 27, 2022

Hen is what the slang 'chook' means just as chicken does. 'Wake up at the back there'.

+12

Level 47

Jul 31, 2019

Nah mate you're spot on! I use every single one of these on the reg... I was wondering why "togs" wasn't being accepted for bathers though, like what else do you call em? Speedos? Budgy smugglers? Nice one :)

Level 88

Jul 31, 2019

lol at budgy smugglers

Level 38

Sep 17, 2019

Cozzie!

Level 20

Sep 26, 2019

Accept 'swimmers' for bathers?

Level 37

Oct 12, 2023

It does.

Level 74

May 11, 2020

They're all fairly common. "Facey" is maybe a bit less so but I hear it often enough.

Level 56

Jan 31, 2022

I've lived in West Gooloogong my whole life and I can assure you that no one ever uses any of these words

Level 37

Oct 12, 2023

You're joking right? All of them except Facey are quite common.

Level 37

Oct 12, 2023

You're joking right? All of them except Facey are quite common.

+11

Level 78

Jul 11, 2019

Maybe "bathing suit" could be accepted as well as swimsuit?

Level 74

Jul 11, 2019

Second this.

Level 64

Jul 11, 2019

Third

Level ∞

Jul 12, 2019

Okay

Level 71

Jul 19, 2019

or cozzies or togs

Level 68

Jul 31, 2019

Have to admit I tried togs first, then figured no one else in the world would put that, so had to put swimming costume!

Level ∞

Oct 10, 2021

Togs and swimmers will work now too.

Level 83

Jan 26, 2022

In the UK togs is slang for clothes in general.

Level 88

Jul 11, 2019

youtube.com/watch?v=5nE7uu_UQMU

I remember singing this song at school. Has some slightly more advanced slang.

Level 77

Jul 11, 2019

Great song :)

Level 77

Jul 11, 2019

If I had just remembered it's called "service station" somewhere in the world.

Level 76

Jul 12, 2019

We use lots of these in the UK too - "Brekkie, mozzie, bloke, barbie, macca's, prezzie, chokkie (less common) and bathers (I think)" would all sound pretty normal here.

Level 83

Jul 12, 2019

Yes, I was going to say, plenty of these aren't exclusive to Australia as far as I'm aware. Even if the only person I've ever heard use most of them is my grandmother (not Australian, quite strongly Lancashire).

Level 73

Jul 31, 2019

But they've only been adopted into UK use since they started showing Neighbours over there.

Level 72

Jan 26, 2022

I don't know how long Neighbours has been running but bloke has been used for 200 years in the UK

Level 74

Jan 26, 2022

That makes sense. They started airing Neighbours 201 years ago.

Level 58

Jan 28, 2022

i remember that episode

Level 84

Jul 12, 2019

Could you accept "Jandal" for Thong? It's a non-Australian word meaning the same thing.

Level 69

Jul 13, 2019

Another synonym, which I used to hear as a kid: zories.

Level 74

Nov 17, 2019

Fun fact: they're all onomatopoeias. They're called 'thongs' in Australia for sound they make on sand, 'flip flops' in the UK for the sound they make on concrete, and 'jandals' in New Zealand for the sound they make in sheep dip.

I'll see myself out....

Level 68

Jul 14, 2019

Some of these are familiar as a Brit too, Brekkie, barbie, Oz, Mozzie, Macca’s, bloke, chokkie, prezzie and bathers are all words we use too..

Level 41

Jul 14, 2019

Which one sounds more like a slang word, though?

'Thong' or 'Flip-flop'?

+10

Level 74

Jul 14, 2019

Facey - not a thing.

Anyway the rest are spot on even though I've not seen many of them written before. And there are SO MANY ways to say swimsuit depending on where you live so that one's gunna cause some angst cobber.

Level 64

Jul 31, 2019

Facey is 100% a thing. I have heard it used for at least 10 years.

Level 79

Jul 31, 2019

Not an Australian thing

Level 58

Aug 3, 2019

Yes it is definitely an Australian thing.

Level 79

Jan 26, 2022

Yeah, nah. Still not an Australian thing. It has to be used by a decent number of Australians to be accepted and that is not the case, even if you are part of some minority who might be doing just that. What if I decided to start calling it FaceyMcFaceyFace, do you think that might suddenly make it an Australian term?

Level 86

Jul 17, 2019

Thank you "Man from Snowy River" for the answer to the brumby one.

Level 64

Jul 31, 2019

I've never heard of facey

Level 52

Jul 31, 2019

Heard all by Facey. Didn't realise Sunnies and Bathers were Aus slang. Thought they were commonly used elsewhere throughout the world.

Level 82

Jul 31, 2019

I tried "prostitute" for Digger because there was this shady Aussie bar in Bahrain called Diggers' that was full of them - I was close. Should have guessed who their customers were. Ended up getting less than half, and some just on random guesses.

Level 20

Jul 31, 2019

someone needs to update their aussie english

Level 55

Jul 31, 2019

Well, 'facey' had me stumped. Never heard of it in Western Australia. So where exactly is it being used? Also didn't realise that 'bathers' was an Aussie word.

Level 67

Jul 31, 2019

Speedos or budgie smugglers would make more sense.

Level 53

Aug 5, 2019

I have never heard of 'facey' either. I think bathers are a South Australian description.

Level 56

Jan 26, 2022

Yeah I would've gone with togs instead of bathers but maybe that's just a Queensland thing but even if it is it's still more popular nation wide than bathers is

Level 68

Jul 31, 2019

Got all but Brumby. I'm English (Northern) and most people I know we use Bloke, Oz, Barbie, Sunnies, Prezzie, Mozzie, Bathers, Chokkie. Occasionally Arvo but I think that one's more text speak. Rest I guess I know from knowing enough Aussies through Rugby League.

Level 39

Aug 17, 2021

Do you support an NRL Club mate??

Level 53

Jul 31, 2019

Facebook is usually called FB. Never heard it called Facey.

Level 67

Jul 31, 2019

"Swimmers" should be accepted for swimsuit. I feel cheated. I'm Australian. It's not like I don't what bathers are! >:-(

Level 88

Jul 31, 2019

I was really hoping station (ranch) would be on here, since I actually know that one...

Level 78

Jul 31, 2019

We call a 'gas station' a garage here (Northern Ireland).

Level 67

Jul 31, 2019

Never heard facey but it was easy to guess given ockers put "ey" on almost everything

Level 62

Jul 31, 2019

Thong means something completely different in the uk (g string)

Level 28

Jul 31, 2019

I'm from aus and I've never once heard someone say brumby or facey.

Level 71

Jan 27, 2022

Only hear 'brumby' for the feral horses in the NT etc. the word 'brumby' is not usually used for any horse or racehorse etc.

Level 28

Jul 31, 2019

accept female/ girl/ lady for sheila?

Level 53

Aug 5, 2019

Sheila is a bit old school and definitely for someone over the age of 35 (roughly). Chick is more commonly used for a younger woman.

Level 41

Aug 1, 2019

Facey? Like WTF. I've heard all the others but not Facey. never heard anyone say that.

How did more people get Facey than Diggers? Diggers is an actual Australian term.

Level 50

Aug 3, 2019

I typed in swimmers and togs and then was stumped for a good 10 seconds trying to figure out what else they could possible be called.

Level 32

Aug 4, 2019

I've always seen the word 'flip-flops' in books and stuff but I never knew what they meant until now

Level 63

Aug 5, 2019

Another Australian here who has never heard anybody describe Facebook as "Facey". Is that fair dinkum?

Level 90

Aug 5, 2019

Don't forget the map of Tassie! My favourite.

Level 62

Aug 25, 2019

You should add some more options for bathers. I tried swimmers first. I had to think like an American to get it. Most people don't say bathers - it's usually cozzie (swimming costume) or togs.

Level 65

Sep 20, 2019

Sound like snoop dog had some say in theses slang words.

Level 45

Sep 20, 2019

Huh. Makes sense.

Level 48

Oct 10, 2019

This was more guess the American word then guess the slang for me.

Level 39

Jan 2, 2020

I only know most of these thanks to Neighbours and Home and Away - knew all those hours watching them as a youngster would pay off eventually!

Level 72

Jan 26, 2022

I'm not sure hours watching Home and Away for a couple of points on JetPunk is a fair trade-off

Level 71

Jan 27, 2022

Level 57

May 17, 2020

i'm from aus and i struggled to think of what other countries use for bathers as that just what their called here, also Thongs.

Level 35

Jul 26, 2020

Nobody calls Facebook facey

Level 72

Jan 26, 2022

impressive that you have polled all human beings on this subject

Level 17

Aug 19, 2020

IDK why but I am Aussie and I got most of them wrong. oooof

Level 19

Sep 14, 2020

I'm from Melbourne and no one has ever used facey as facebook

Level 65

Sep 19, 2020

Facey? Never heard of that here in Australia. Never. Oh well. We also always called swimsuits 'cozzies' (short for 'swimming costume'). And not sure 'thong' is slang - it's what they are called here. Still, had some fun with this quiz, thanks.

Level 44

Sep 23, 2020

Amazing quiz! Though.... WHAT IS FACEY?!?!

I'm Australian and it's spelled choccy! cost me a valuable answer!

You should accept swimmers/trunks/Swimming clothes for bathers

Level 83

Jan 26, 2022

Also choccy in the UK

Level 41

Dec 16, 2020

I live in Australia and I know what most mean . I saw a lot of comments saying facey isn't actually one, but where I come from, I've heard it around a few times.

Level 58

Aug 27, 2021

I'm Australian and the issue for me on some of them was knowing a name for those things other than slang.

Level 67

Oct 10, 2021

I'm Australian and I had the same problem. I never hear people saying bathers. They are usually called cossies. Also thong is not slang. That's the Australian word for what you call flip-flops.

Level 73

Jan 26, 2022

Um, Quizmaster, today is India's Republic Day as well. So I believe an India-themed quiz should have been featured as well along with this one.

Anyway, a very Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies out there! What's more interesting is that this day is special for two countries – India and Australia. Both former colonies, members of the Commonwealth and cricket champions! We shall always stand together! 🇦🇺🤝🇮🇳

Level 53

Jan 26, 2022

yeah i thought that today there would be a quiz on india

Level 85

Jan 26, 2022

My kids' love of Bluey helped me out a lot with this. Not to start a flamewar, but most of these are really unimaginative. Take the first syllable of a word and add "ee" to the end of it. I would think there are some better ones out there.

Level 72

Jan 26, 2022

I've never been to Australia, but I've definitely heard all of these except maybe Facey. I don't recall that one. Thought it might be something newish, like Facetime, and was eventually able to guess it.

Level 56

Jan 26, 2022

I like that you can still use the word Macca's to answer for McDonald's.

Level 63

Jan 27, 2022

Thongs should be pluralised... who wears one shoe? People wear shoes, socks, sandals, and thongs.

Level 71

Jan 27, 2022

Quite right, I was put off it at first and thought it was the tiny pantie that was being referred to.

Level 72

Jan 27, 2022

What if you have one leg?

Level 56

Jan 28, 2022

I had the same thought. A thong is a very different item than thongs. A little confusing!

Level 44

Jan 27, 2022

I'm American and still got 11 correct lol

Level 75

Jan 27, 2022

Was expecting tinny on this.

Level 65

Jan 27, 2022

I'm Australian and I've never heard anyone call Facebook Facey.

Level 53

Jan 28, 2022

10 out of 20 ;_;

fun fact: arvo means price in finnish

Level 70

Jan 28, 2022

Been living in Canberra all my life, and all of these are definitely common, except for Sheila. Outside of Crocodile Dundee I genuinely don't think I've ever heard an Aussie say that. That and Facey wtf

Level 63

Sep 19, 2022

Sheila was used in Australia in the 1970s and before but has gradually declined in use. I have only heard the term "Facey" used once in fifty years of living in Australia.

Level 58

Jan 28, 2022

isnt brumby a type of wild horse rather than actual slang, similer to a mustang

Level 66

Jan 28, 2022

Thong and brumby are not slang. Thong is simply the word for that footwear in Australia, just as flip-flop is the American word for the same thing. You might as well say flip-flop is American slang for thong. Similarly, brumby is the word for an Australian wild horse and is not a substitute for a more formal word.

Level 35

Jan 30, 2022

The hard part was guessing what people outside australia call it - especially with swimmers or whatever the australian slang is. I call them togs.

Also facey is super uncommon, ive never even heard of it.

Level 75

Jan 30, 2022

hard yakka and fair dinkum?

Level 82

Aug 11, 2022

Surprised so many people haven't heard 'Facey'. Like, it's not super common - most people just say Facebook, but having lived in two widely separated states, I've heard people in both say that. Still, there are probably better options. Since you had Brissie, you could use another geographic one like 'Tassie' or maybe 'Poms' for British people.

Level 39

Nov 8, 2022

Pssh, give us a hard one.

Level 43

Dec 7, 2022

I was gonna say they remind me of surfer slang. Then remembered Australia is like 1 giant beach town.

Level 48

May 21, 2023

Wait, it’s not actually called thong?

Level 57

Aug 21, 2023

I've heard Facey used in the kinda weird places in the western suburbs in Melbourne; Footscray, St Albans

Level 91

Sep 29, 2023

Watched all three seasons of Mr. Inbetween, twice. Didn't help at all.

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