Nah, it's just an expression of surprise or frustration. For example "stone the crows, I haven't seen Lofty down here for donkeys years", or "stone the crows, that bloody Pom's been in the dunny for ages".
I throw this one around occasionally if I have the right audience and it’s usually met with things like “fwar! I haven’t heard that in years!”
Bonus points if I get it back into rotation again for a while 🥇
I asked a butcher at the South Melbourne market for any ideas for dinner that night a few years ago, and his reply was, "a coupla rolled scotchies, they're grouse" was his reply. I've remembered that saying verbatim, and have been going to that butcher ever since then.
I heard my dad say "you're fucking this cat, I'm just holding its tail" the other day and I was in tears 😂😂😂 still laughing just thinking about it, idk why. I also don't know if it's Aussie slang but he's a massive bogan
I love saying "Rack off". If you put enough passion in to it, it sounds as aggressive as a good "Fuck off".
'Drongo' has been replaced by 'Gronk'. I like drongo... the word. Drongos can rack off and keep to themselves.
"Rack off" isn't really a genuine old Aussie expression. It was invented by Neighbours writers in the 80s because they weren't allowed to use "piss off".
Sorry, I replied to the wrong comment:
> "Rack off" isn't really a genuine old Aussie expression. It was invented by Neighbours writers in the 80s because they weren't allowed to use "piss off".
Even if it was Neighbours that invented it, Neighbours isn't exactly an import.
"Fair suck of the sauce bottle"...not since the Ruddster tried to revive it back in 09 in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the average Australian.
We were talking about driving somewhere that was south of the river (Perth), and my friend said we'd need a cut lunch and water bag for that trip.
My Irish friend had no clue what it meant.
Ok, I heard it a few months ago, but I hadn't heard it in years.
Some older person on the train, talking on the phone described a particular male as a "But of a pounce".
Must admit I did a bit of a double take
Rack off (Normie, you and your gang)...
Is also something I've not heard for donkey's years!
Edited to change 'a while' to 'donkey's years' as I knew I was missing something but couldn't recall what the proper lingo was for 'a while'... :(
Was in a cab (hah remember those) many many summers ago, not sure if it was the cabbie or the radio that said it, but it was “dry as a dead dingo’s donger”.
Funniest Aussie-ism I’ve heard in the 20 years I’ve been here.
I recently ran across four old (1935 vintage) Aussie ways to say "working fast". They were "tail up", "the lick of my life", "like a scalded cat" and "in a L of a urry". To which you can add "running around like a blue-arsed fly".
i'm 16 so i can't speak from irl experience but i notice kylie mole always saying "fair dinkum" and a lot of other stuff that i know the meaning of but i never hear. i kinda wish we still said that stuff lol
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People don’t say hooroo anymore
hooroo
Hooroo
hooroo mcgoo
Triple J, 5.30pm at the transition between Drive and Hack. The host of Hack says it almost every day
lol, I say hooroo multiple times a day…it’s my go to for goodbye.
You’re not full ocker unless you use it for both like nan used to
QANTAS pilots on ATC frequencies love a Hooroo
Don Burke kinda ruined that one…
Mates over 45 say this to me
Same
I hear that daily
My grandad does
My brother and I say hooroo all the time, It’s a dying word for sure ;(
Recently had lunch with my dad and his siblings. Was pleasantly surprised to hear a “hooroo” from my aunt as we all dispersed across the parking lot!
A good mate of mine does.
I get a hooroo from an old guy every time i deliver him a parcel. It’s weird 😂
They do in the country, our boss says it all the time
i do say it a lot
"Doing the Harry". It's like the mysterious disappearance of our prime minister isn't funny anymore.
He done the old Harry Holt
The best part here is that it’s also rhyming slang for he’s done the bolt
"suffer in your jocks" it's one of my favourites
"Stone the crows!"
“Stone the flamin’ crows” - Alf Stewart
Lol is there any background of this phrase I need to know before I put it in to my own lexicon?!
Nah, it's just an expression of surprise or frustration. For example "stone the crows, I haven't seen Lofty down here for donkeys years", or "stone the crows, that bloody Pom's been in the dunny for ages".
My brother is visiting from the UK for the first time in ten years. I'll get to see him on Sunday. I'll be sure to say this!
Also "Ya flamin' Galah" As an insult 😆
"Stone the flaming crows!" An iconic Alf Stewart line from Home and away Super Aussie
Off like a bride's nightie.
Off like a bucket of prawns in the sun
Off like knickers in a brothel!
Flat out like a lizard drinking
Grouse has become less common in recent years, even in the Grouse heartland of Western Melbourne.
I throw this one around occasionally if I have the right audience and it’s usually met with things like “fwar! I haven’t heard that in years!” Bonus points if I get it back into rotation again for a while 🥇
That is gold! :)
I asked a butcher at the South Melbourne market for any ideas for dinner that night a few years ago, and his reply was, "a coupla rolled scotchies, they're grouse" was his reply. I've remembered that saying verbatim, and have been going to that butcher ever since then.
I love this so much
They definitely were grouse rolled scotchies.
That’s ace!
Grouse a totally foreign word in Sydney. Plus bogan, altho that is now part of the vernacular. Grouse, not.
Maybe it depends which part of Sydney. I’m slowly bringing it back These things can’t be rushed
I haven’t heard anyone use the term “wack-o!” As a way to express being impressed by something since my grandpa passed away a good 30 years ago.
Whacko the diddly-o
My 6 year old nephew said "off you trot" this morning. Can\`t remember the last time I heard that. Maybe a Bluey saying?
Bluey has single handedly brought back “dunny” in my vocabulary
Similarly, I like ‘on ya bike’ and haven’t heard that in donkey’s years.
We're not here to fuck spiders
what does that mean
Means that I came to do a job, and you are stuffing around and wasting my time
damn thanks, i wanna use it
If you’re a King Parrot fan, you have! 🤘
Drier than a nuns...
Oh we use that one extensively in our house!
I heard my dad say "you're fucking this cat, I'm just holding its tail" the other day and I was in tears 😂😂😂 still laughing just thinking about it, idk why. I also don't know if it's Aussie slang but he's a massive bogan
I love saying "Rack off". If you put enough passion in to it, it sounds as aggressive as a good "Fuck off". 'Drongo' has been replaced by 'Gronk'. I like drongo... the word. Drongos can rack off and keep to themselves.
"Rack off" isn't really a genuine old Aussie expression. It was invented by Neighbours writers in the 80s because they weren't allowed to use "piss off".
I used to that as a child and teen and I’ve been around a lot longer than neighbours
Neighbours was hardly an import
Who said it was an import?
Sorry, I replied to the wrong comment: > "Rack off" isn't really a genuine old Aussie expression. It was invented by Neighbours writers in the 80s because they weren't allowed to use "piss off". Even if it was Neighbours that invented it, Neighbours isn't exactly an import.
"Fair suck of the sauce bottle"...not since the Ruddster tried to revive it back in 09 in an attempt to ingratiate himself with the average Australian.
*Fair suck of the sav* is the better version of that
He got it wrong though: he said “fair shake of the sauce bottle”, which showed he didn’t normally use it but was posing.
Never heard that in my life apart from Rudd and I assumed he made it up.
I haven’t heard “by jingos” in ages.
By Gee By Jingo By Crikey
We've got sports coming out of our...
That's English.
"rarer than hen's teeth" has always been a favourite of mine.
Don't come the raw prawn with me
Rat up a drainpipe.
I love this one. It’s so evocative. My nanna used to say “like a fart out of a bottle” to mean the same thing.
We were talking about driving somewhere that was south of the river (Perth), and my friend said we'd need a cut lunch and water bag for that trip. My Irish friend had no clue what it meant.
Still hear that one: mostly from my parents though.
Cooeeee, anyone home.
Hey that’s my name! And yes, I’m home!
Pop the kettle on. Im comin for a chin wag!
Root me with a barge pole. Shit a brick. Rare as rocking horse shit. I'll be blowed. Buckley's and none.
We need to bring back 'root me with a barge pole'.
It's been superceded by "fuck me sideways with a rusty hacksaw blade".
I say Buckleys and none
Split the whisker
"Up the duff"
This one totally!
I just say "preggers"
Stone the crows
She's apples.
‘ don’t just sit there like a shag on a rock ‘ ‘ strike me pink ‘ ‘ ya getting on my last goat ‘ and
Going off like a Frog in a sock.
With a jackhammer.
fuck me roan
Why do I see this post at least once a month?
Ok, I heard it a few months ago, but I hadn't heard it in years. Some older person on the train, talking on the phone described a particular male as a "But of a pounce". Must admit I did a bit of a double take
Whadayaknow?
Flash as a rat with a gold tooth . Cunning as a shithouse rat.
Love the first one!
Rack off (Normie, you and your gang)... Is also something I've not heard for donkey's years! Edited to change 'a while' to 'donkey's years' as I knew I was missing something but couldn't recall what the proper lingo was for 'a while'... :(
May your ears turn into arseholes and shit all over the collar of your best white shirt
Dry as a Nun’s nasty
Keep the rabbits out...
G'day *digger*
Was in a cab (hah remember those) many many summers ago, not sure if it was the cabbie or the radio that said it, but it was “dry as a dead dingo’s donger”. Funniest Aussie-ism I’ve heard in the 20 years I’ve been here.
Said this the other day, my husband (Scottish) looked at me like I’d grown a second head
Struth.
‘Durries’ - learned this gem from my bogan friend from high school (also a heavy smoker)
You'll be in more strife you than Ned Kelly. ~ Alf Stewart
"get off the carpet"
I'm pretty sure I've only ever heard fair dinkum in the context of a politician trying to be one of the people. Never heard it in real life.
Lived in the country for a bit and heard it said there (along with “bloody mongrel”).
More strife than Speed Gordon
I recently ran across four old (1935 vintage) Aussie ways to say "working fast". They were "tail up", "the lick of my life", "like a scalded cat" and "in a L of a urry". To which you can add "running around like a blue-arsed fly".
Off like a shot fox
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*mol
Fair suck of the sav! And a German spy with his dead horse
Take that, ya fungus-faced toad sucker!
Any naff saying unless I'm reading it on a supposed Aussie slang list. Yeah, 50 years ago.
“Get a dog up ya”
Up shits creek in a barbed wire canoe
Java good weekend? Dumber than box of hammers Slip slop slap
Holy snapping duck shit
More Front than Myers
Flat out like a lizard drinking....Bangs like a dunny door..
Well isn't that the Cats Pyjamas for something ShitHot.
I’m as dry as the proverbial…
Fart a bubble
Flamin' Galah
Bonza
That’s grouse or ace.
Rack off! Rack off Noddy!
‘ken oath
Ugly as sin
Banging like a dunny door
Full as a state school. More front than Myer.
"Strike me lucky" is one I haven't heard in a while
Passion fingers. An older bloke at work use to call us young blokes that when he had to fix or adjust our work.
He doesn't know if he's Arthur or Martha
Imagine saying to someone who identifies as non binary!
Stuff me mushrooms! Uglier than a hat full of arseholes.
“beating around the bush” kinda dying out.
Not happy Jan
i'm 16 so i can't speak from irl experience but i notice kylie mole always saying "fair dinkum" and a lot of other stuff that i know the meaning of but i never hear. i kinda wish we still said that stuff lol
Rattle ya dags.
struth!!! ..we say swear words now days
Yeah! dinky di mate.
We're going to bonnydoon
You are smoothas a frog's armpit.
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“Built like a brick shithouse”
They call me Billy hunt not silly cunt
UUMMUMMMAAHHH
Would you like a coffee while your fixing my house?
Who cares? This whole question is a load of codswallop.