Quote: Griff @ October 5 2008, 2:19 PM BSTThey used to say 'grouse' a lot when I lived in Melbourne. 'Grouse' meant good. It took me a while to figure this out. Also their word for chav was 'bogan'.
Yeah, I went to Australia this year and they kept using Bogan to mean Chav.
Quote: zooo @ October 5 2008, 2:16 PM BSTSo what do these 'real' Aussies say?
Instead of 'Strewth, that guy's a spunk'.
?
Oh zooo, that's so 80s. 
It does vary somewhat. Some say "Gosh, that gent has a jolly charming genetic profile!"
*adds to vocabulary*
Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 5 2008, 3:13 PM BSTYeah, I went to Australia this year and they kept using Bogan to mean Chav.
Mmm, Bogan is Chav. We also use "nugget" for "pillock".
Other common terms are "dirty bastard", "filthy bastard", "f**ker", "fag-nut", "prick", "arse-licker", "shit-faced" / "arse-faced" / "rooted" / "hammered" / "slammed" / "screwed" (drunk).
How terrible is it to call someone a "flaming gola"?
There's also the worrying trend of young people just calling each other "c**t" in the way we used to use "mate".
Quote: sootyj @ October 5 2008, 3:22 PM BSTHow terrible is it to call someone a "flaming gola"?
"Flaming galah"? Just means daft, but is often said with more aggression.
Anyone interested in an insight into modern Australian culture should look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBdCm-PAYDk
Quote: Tommy Power @ October 5 2008, 3:27 PM BSTThere's also the worrying trend of young people just calling each other "c**t" in the way we used to use "mate".
I quite like that one.
Quote: Aaron @ October 5 2008, 3:30 PM BSTI quite like that one.
It makes for entertaining eulogies.
A'igh', me ol' c**t?
Quote: Aaron @ October 5 2008, 5:19 PM BSTA'igh', me ol' c**t?
Is that a bogan Geoffrey Boycott?
It makes for entertaining eulogies.
As per the famous Richard Curtis sketch "Old C**ty" !
(see http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14096356)
Possibly.
(Who is Geoffrey Boycott?)
Quote: Aaron @ October 5 2008, 5:23 PM BSTPossibly.
(Who is Geoffrey Boycott?)
Oh Aaron. I know the game's not as popular as it once was, but this..?
Ah I seee.
You do realise that almost no white person in this country under the age of about 52 watches cricket, don't you?
And that I would rather have my bollocks fed through a rusty mangle than watch ANY kind of sport?
Quote: Aaron @ October 5 2008, 5:29 PM BSTAh I seee.
You do realise that almost no white person in this country under the age of about 52 watches cricket, don't you?
And that I would rather have my bollocks fed through a rusty mangle than watch ANY kind of sport?
I do now!
And my turn to lack comprehension - what's a mangle?
