Dirty Aussie Slang Words that Confuse Americans

[@jameslittleton4131]

'Fanny Pack', cracked me up when visiting family in Canada back in the 70s. Which is why i still have the one i bought from a popular chain store. Yep, i am the proud owner of a Roots Fanny Pack, which has a beaver on it to cover all the options. :D

[@colinl9018]

Nice Beaver.

[@defenderoftheadverb]

Sounds well and truly fuckable.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarinAllan0]

Hilarious!

[@Philip-hv2kc]

I bet it's been specially stuffed .

[@helixator3975]

Had an American exchange student come to our high school in the mid eighties who proudly announced that one of her pastimes back home was “rooting” for her highs school football team …cheeky voice at the back of the hall called out “you can do that here if you want “…. brought the house down

[@michaelbutler1557]

Gold.

[@DianneOdonohoe]

@@helixator3975 yeah in the 1980's if some said I ROOTing for there school while watching there football team there would been words yelling out to her lol

[@ummagummaman]

First time in the US a lady was talking about an earthquake experience and how she fell FLAT ON HER FANNY. My friend and I were so confused thinking she did the splits or something 🤣

[@evanevans1843]

Not wanting to show gender bias, we should also include "flat bagging" Roy and HG's non-paternalistic term. When a more vigorous and horizontal flat bag, it becomes a "battered sav."

[@nickfatsis9607]

Another one is "Rooted" meaning "I'm so fucking tired, I'm rooted" or if something is broken it's said as "My drill is broken, it's beyond repair, it's rooted"

[@GregoryElliott1973]

Yeah. It just means you're fucked

[@davidlean8674]

I love it how the Yanks root for their team. If my missus asked if I wanted to root for the team. I figure sure. We'll do that & then I'll watch the game on delay. 🙂

[@profanegardener]

Yeah but that's just a synonym for "fucked'.... so sorta same thing as Kaitlyn explained.

[@davidlean8674]

@@profanegardener True. And it has been amusing Aussie schoolboys for decades before Kaitlyn was even conceived.

[@adamjd7645]

And all are loose synonyms for "fucked."

[@dramoth64]

An example of how much the word piss gets used for so many things here in Australia. So I was sitting around with some mates and Johnno said how about we go down the pub for a piss up. So we jumped in the car and pissed off down to the pub to get on the piss. So, as it always happens when you're sinking piss, I need to go for a piss. So I told the guys and pissed off towards the bog. As I was passing the bar, I bumped into a guy and knocked his piss out of his hand and man did he get pissed. So being a nice guy, I said sorry and brought him another pint of piss and kept going. At the end of the night, we were all too pissed to drive home, so we caught a cab. Then when we got back to my place, one of my pissed mates decides he's going to piss on the neighbours lemon tree. But the neighbour was up... and shouted out and scared the piss out of my mate.

[@carolcox302]

Wonderful, but better if he was pissed OFF.

[@dramoth64]

@@carolcox302 Doesn't need the off when Australians are talking. We're all about inflection and intonation. Australian is after all a very physical language. Remember I'm commenting from a first person perspective.

[@carolcox302]

@@dramoth64 @peterhoz agrees with me. Pissed OFF. Pissed is drunk, never angry, in Australia. Has absolutely nothing to do with intonation.

[@dramoth64]

@@carolcox302 Geez, that guy is really pissed. Can be either pissed off or pissed as in drunk.

[@littleblackcat2273]

Pure poetry. :)

[@schmuelking1535]

I love that you used "taking the piss" as an explainer just naturally

[@MrkBO8]

She's got that one nailed.

[@katzrantz]

"crack onto" is trying to pick up, crack on is getting on with it, especially when "it" is arduous.

[@Scuzzlebutt142]

Was gonna say, we use "Crack on" in New Zealand, and it means to get on with it, fairly certain is was the same in Fair Dinkum land as well.

[@Rassskle]

Exactly, and I gotta busy day so I better get to it and crack on.

[@c-ptsd46]

I went rock fishing tried to crack onto a clam, but only pulled a muscle.

[@marvindebot3264]

I don't understand why thongs confuse Americans so much. Up until the 70s flip flops were called thongs in the US as well, the underwear is named after the footwear, not the other way around. In some states, you will still hear them called thongs.

[@Teagirl009]

THIS!😂.We call them the original name here. And yes in the US even up until the mid 80s they were known as Thongs. I'll accept jandals from NZ but I don't accept calling them flip flops, it sounds a bit silly naming clothing after the noise it makes.

[@MrDisasterboy]

​@@Teagirl009 don't the poms call thongs, flipflops? I think it's acceptable.

[@iantaylor5292]

Sometimes also referred to as fanny flossers.

[@alanhilder1883]

The footwear was around long before the underwear.

[@tonykisvardai2346]

I always think of Slides as flip flops, then there's thongs (kiwi jandals), none of which should be confused with sandals, which if you are an old bastard/c**t should always be worn with shorts and long white socks!

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

My favorite is the variety of ways the word bastard is used here in Australia..... For example, you can be described as .... A mongrel bastard - A funny bastard - a sick bastard - A clever bastard - A useless bastard - An ignorant bastard - A dumb bastard - An interesting bastard - A fat or skinny bastard - a complete or total bastard - An absolute bastard - An old or young bastard - and on it goes...

[@audralamenti8908]

You can do the same with c*nt, or most swear words. Context is everything.

[@nolajoy7759]

My son was once called "an affable c**t" as a compliment 😮😂

[@chrispowell6582]

Same can be used for c word. I think it’s all about context. It’s less about the body part and morphs into another meaning like the word ‘prick’ (the male body part) doesn’t relate to the body part when you call someone a f*cking prick. Ones in jest spoken in a light hearted manner: Funny c Silly c Stupid c Angry ones spoken with a bit more heat: Stupid c F*cking c C (on its own) Nasty c Etc.

[@carbine5378]

We’re special aren’t we?🤪🤭

[@carolcox302]

@@carbine5378 My word, cobber.

[@brendanleach4735]

I was in the states a few years ago and I met this bloke on the farm that I was working at and eventually we became mates. One night we were out at dinner and there was a few Australians at our table. During a lull in the conversation this bloke slapped me on the shoulder and said “ You’re not a bad guy. We should get together and bar up”. You could hear a pin drop. It was explained to him what that meant. He got up and left.

[@michaelbutler1557]

That’s bloody funny.

[@sarahmacintosh6449]

I got sent to the principal's office twice in my first month of American kindergarten. Once was for asking the teacher for a rubber. The other was when i pulled out and used the Vicks vaporstick mum had sent me with for my cold. Not sure what the teacher thought was going on, but she didn't like me sniffing anything up my nose in her classroom! 🤣🤣🤣

[@doodlegassum6959]

Pulled out after requesting rubber.

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

​@@doodlegassum6959Rubber request denied! Pull out...Pull out😂

[@doodlegassum6959]

@@emceeboogieboots1608 Alert!Alert! Vicks vapour stick deployed

[@ashcustomworks]

That read like it was going quite differently until I clicked "read more"!! 😂

[@MusiCatsKing]

Your mum shouldn't have sent you there with a cold anyway..

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

My favourites are the use of similes like 'Off like a bride's nightie', 'Dry as a dead dingo's donga' and 'Busy as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest'.

[@campbellhenderson9335]

Blue arsed fly...

[@brilliantbutblue]

Flat out like a lizard drinking.

[@campbellhenderson9335]

@@brilliantbutblue dry as a nun's

[@brilliantbutblue]

@@campbellhenderson9335 : 🤣🤣🤣

[@nolajoy7759]

Head like a bashed crab 😅

[@dougstubbs9637]

Wombat…eats roots shoots and leaves.

[@geoffcunningham6896]

lol i used to live just out side of wombat funny little town :) there pub sold shirts with that saying on them lol

[@kshred3043]

Nah mate, that's a kiwi. Yet another aussie misappropriation. 😜

[@A.S.K.1]

Eats ROOTS and leaves... 😉😄

[@paulevans5455]

Winceta Wombats football team, they eat,root and leave.

[@ohasis8331]

Roger Robot - eats screws, washers and bolts.

[@shaunneal9981]

I worked on remote mine sites in Aus and being called a c_nt is a term of endearment!

[@Nathan-dk8zz]

Maybe you need to join the dots. :)

[@ihateemael]

here, that word is very "versatile" ! . . depending on the circles you mix in.

[@stuarthynes6136]

I worked construction as an electrician and my best mate worked oil rigs... that's how we answer our calls. Caring Understanding Nurturing Types.

[@ihateemael]

@@stuarthynes6136 Pearler! . . (good one)

[@davewhitefield2033]

Yeah na

[@fleachamberlain1905]

"Cracking on" = hitting on, not just flirting. "Crack on" = getting on with a task.

[@paula-yr7pp]

I have never heard of crack on for flirting before just used for getting on with a task

[@Rhythmattica]

Wanting to get with a chick in the bar. "Yeh mate, you going to try and Crack on to her?" Or.. "Im going to Crack on with the Job" Im guessing the saying comes from the whip, Where you crack a whip to get Cattle , etc moving..

[@jemxs]

​@@paula-yr7ppthat guy over there just cracked onto me...made me 🤮

[@gerardhogan3]

​@@jemxsthat BLOKE over there just cracked on me

[@The_Slavstralian]

Yeah I've used "Crack on" to say " can we stop screwing around and get on with what we are doing " , AKA " Can we f**ken crack on or what? "

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Crack on also means "keep going" as in "ok well better crack on"

[@Devinn777]

Rootin in the Back of the Ute was a pretty popular Kevin Bloody Wilson song when I was a teenager in the 80s

[@damiangordon8893]

that is still a great song mate lol😂

[@partymanau]

Kev is a professor of Australian Language.

[@carolyns99]

Rack off Normie by ... well I have no idea, but it was a great song.

[@gemfyre855]

"I rooted a girl who rooted a guy who rooted a guy who rooted a girl who rooted a guy who rooted a girl who rooted SHANE CRAWFORD" - TISM

[@axle2327]

It's funny watching you "swear like an Aussie" So innocent 😂😂

[@MusiCatsKing]

Nor just funny, it's a turn-on!

[@michaelfink64]

The meaning of "crack on" in Australia depends on the circumstance. If you say "crack on to"

[@utha2665]

Shag is more of a UK term, used way more often there, although it does get used to a lesser extent here. I'm surprised she didn't use any rhyming slang, especially calling someone a seppo. For Americans reading this, it's a little bit of a derogatory name for an American. But, as always, it depends on how it's used. Seppo is a contraction of septic, which is a contraction of septic tank, which is rhyming slang fora yank, which of course is an American. I know some in the south say they're not a yank, but what choice do you have? You're either a yank or a confederate and they didn't fare too well.

[@bluedog1052]

@@utha2665 But then the birds need a shag or root too, especially if they're ones cracking onto ya.

[@derekmills5394]

When i was a youngster 'shag' meant to eat quickly (like the birds who swallow fish whole) It would be reasonable to say "Just gonna shag my dinner - need to get some work done in the garden before it's dark"

[@derekmills5394]

When I was a lad, 'shag' meant to eat quickly so you would shag your meal to get out to play with your friends before dark

[@tazgecko]

"Bugger" is another word that's used often in Australia. "Bugger me I'm stuffed", "Bugger off", "He's buggered". I didn't even think it was a dirty word until on an US chat post I got told off for swearing.

[@warrenmilford6848]

I had this great American grade 7 schoolteacher who was at my school in QLD as part of an exchange program in the '70's. He was the best teacher I ever had, however, when chatting to him after school one day I used the word 'damn'. He was shocked and said I shouldn't swear like that and instead should use the word 'darn'. I nearly pissed myself laughing because me and the other kids regularly used every swear word going in our regular lingo.

[@matthewbrown6163]

Bugger is a swear word & it has a disgusting meaning but compared to most it mild now.

[@AndyViant]

The meaning has always been serious. Worse than F***, technically. We're just culturally used it it and the C bomb too.

[@SupermanForever1979]

It's not a dirty word, and definately not through the assessment of an amercian. It's not an American term so they really can't declare what type it is.

[@AndyViant]

@@SupermanForever1979 you know it's a direct reference to committing unnatural s3x acts, originally an*l s*x, but later b3stiality right? It was a crime punishable by the d3ath penalty.

[@Jack_Callcott_AU]

The American swear-word that gets to me, I dare not write it down literally, is M-F. That seems to me so disgustingly rude, but it seems to be used in the USA a lot. It shocked me when I first heard it, many years ago, because it is clearly a reference to incest. So the Americans have one up on the Aussies, when it comes to swearing.

[@nolajoy7759]

My son when much younger was doing the Die Hard/Bruce Willis quote but tried to clean it up in front of me..only got it mixed up and instead of mother-effers, came out with "Yippy ky aye, emmer-f*ckers!"

[@carolcox302]

Couldn’t agree more. It’s horrible. At least good old Aussie swearing can be hilarious. Nothing vaguely amusing about this.

[@johnscott6412]

All of my family have a command of Australian native filth and none of us use that one. We don’t take ourselves seriously , but somethings go to far

[@SimonAyling]

Wow. I've used this word on and off, as a Brit, since I first heard it in 1982/1983 and never thought of the incestuous connotation. I always thought it related to the practice of bonking your mate's mum, which was (obviously) very poor form 😂

[@colinl9018]

Or they shorten it to Mofo.

[@tomsaunders383]

My wife is Canadian and the one that cracks her up the most is head down bum up although working like a beaver is close.

[@6226superhurricane]

a rubber is a condom or franger in australia too. we just know that unless you're about to have a root they're probably talking about an eraser.

[@gordonmccabe6578]

Hey, the C---- word is often used as a term of endearment amongst blokes(men), "Hey! Howyagoin' ya cu>t?"

[@davidcarroll6222]

Have to agree with that one mate is no longer used with my circle of friends ..

[@mickcompagnoni1114]

@4:30. I propose a different hypothesis. To "Crack on" is to get going, to get on with it, to continue after a pause. i.e. "Nah, I've had a couple of beers. I'd better crack on." To make an attempt - "Yeah, I'll give it a crack."

[@TheFman2010]

A thong is a narrow strip of leather. Hence, g-strings and flipflops get their alternate names from the fact that they appear to be made with thin leather strips.

[@TS50AU]

Correct. Romans BC used 'thonging' to hold their shoes onto their feet, wrapped around their legs. Hence the the 'thong' being an item of footwear.

[@lightbearer313]

There is also shag. A shag is a seabird called a cormorant, used in shag on a rock. However, it also has a second meaning, same as root, hence shaggin wagon and shagging.

[@audralamenti8908]

My grandfather always used Aussie rhyming slang. I can remember a few... dead horse=tomato sauce Pat Malone=alone ham & eggs=legs Al Capone=telephone Jatz Crackers=knackers (balls/testicles) Reg Grundys=undies (panties) have a Captain Cook=have a look

[@gerardhogan3]

I think you'll find it's called Cockney rhyming slang. They brought with the convicts.

[@optimusmaximus9646]

@@gerardhogan3 The English don't have a monopoly on rhyming slang and I doubt the average English Cockney would know who Reg Grundy was.

[@vk3fbab]

Watch the two Ronnie's sketch of the sermon in rhyming slang to see how the pommes do it.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

The Cheese and Kisses = missus (also see - Owner, breeder and trainer; Minister for War & Finances; Chief Cook and Bottlewasher; Trouble & Strife). Uncle Merv = have a perv. Butchers hook/Captain Cook = have a look.

[@lindyjanekittel3987]

China plate = mate🙂

[@warg8728]

Not sure but I think the term crack on comes from the bullock trains that used to travel the country, the crack of the whip to get moving. Also you will hear Brits say " let's get cracking" I think from similar origins.

[@bradwaters3891]

Love all the rum on the shelf

[@optimusmaximus9646]

I see you are easily distracted 😜

[@mjb7015]

When I was in year 11 (16-17 years old), a couple of guys were joking around in maths class (we say maths in Australia, not math). When the teacher told them that any conversation had to be relevant to mathematics, the class clown quipped "I could go for a square root!" 😆🤭A pun that only works in Australia.

[@sammidee4713]

The reason we sensible Australians say maths and not math, is because the full word is not mathematic, it is as you pointed out, mathematics. A plural word, therefore a plural shortening. Yanks don't get that difference.

[@resourcedragon]

Also from maths class: Can i √ u if u ≥ 18 ?

[@vk3fbab]

Just don't be caught maths debating.

[@stephenpower8723]

@@resourcedragon the correct formula is b4 i√u ru/18

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Saying math us another American thing I can't work out. Yanks just lack so much logic

[@andrewh.8403]

An old mate of mine was telling me about that day's geography class homework review about Tasmania, the place, not the state of mind. Teacher asked the class.. "Righto, show us your map of Tassie" It was the early 1980's, so we're pretty sure he knew damn well what he was saying. But for a bunch of randy teenage surfers, it was a hit.

[@afpwebworks]

I had a similar experience when our geography teacher in NZ in 1965 told us that the priincipal crop on farms in Raratonga was oranges. But the issue was their skin was fairly thick sompared to Californian oranges So teh pith was too thick too (the white fleshy layer between the skin and the fruit you eat). "In fact," he said, "you could say that Raratongan oranges were pretty pith poor." It had the class of 14-15 year old boys in fits of laughter for ages.

[@vk3fbab]

Map of Tasmania gets so many foreigners. Watch their faces when you explain it is priceless. I got my mates Mrs from Canada a beauty. They were going there and I asked if she had a map of Tassie. She said no, and I said she needed one. So she said loudly to everyone I need to get a map of Tasmania. All the Aussie blokes were on the floor laughing.

[@DropbearCentral]

I really think you’ve been in Australia long enough to be promoted to; Pretty Much Australian. 🎉 Congrats. In other news, my mum calls me a Temporary Australian since I got a motorcycle license. My mates call me a mobile organ donor.

[@frankus54]

"This bastard said one of you bastards called him a bastard!" (Australian cricket captain asking the team to fess up as to who made an insulting remark to a British bowler). Most Australian words that sound like an insult are not meant as an insult. To make it clear, often they are a piss take rather than a put down. (Might need further explanation). Most older Australians won't use the C word in mixed company.

[@warwickmudge4114]

I was thinking of mentioning that, there is definitely a huge difference in the generations when it comes to swearing. As you said a man whose say 50 to 60 years and older certainly won't use strong vulgarity especially in front of women. I'm gen X and even I sometimes feel a little shocked at the language of teens especially girls today! Also class of course plays a part.

[@bruceparr1678]

One of my uncles was an Aussie sailor during WW2. He regaled us with the story of when he had shore leave in a mainland US port. He entered a green grocer and asked the shop lady for some passionfruit. All he got was a slap.

[@razzo086]

Damn how well you know Aussie slang and the small nuances is impressive for not growing up in Australia. I’m really impressed

[@lythsian]

Cracking onto someone I've not heard for like 30 years. If someone said to me lets crack on, I'd assume they meant lets get on with it, lets get the show on the road.

[@peterhoz]

Pissed is never angry in AUS. Always needs "off" added. Pissed is always drunk.

[@marievandoorn73]

And legless is the final stage of being pissed

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

depends on *CONTEXT* "Someone broke into his car, he's still pretty pissed about it" - clearly he's angry, not drunk, given the context

[@continental_drift]

@@marievandoorn73 I always thought the final stage was "talking in braille".

[@geoffmesser5091]

@@continental_drifttwo left legs and talking shorthand.

[@dougstubbs9637]

Wobbly boots

[@top40researcher31]

An indelicate description of kissing passionately, hence the name. Pashing typically leads to two things: pash rash (red marks around the lips caused by excessive kissing), and/or rooting (the crass Australian term for the birds and the bees).

[@AndrewFishman]

Wombat - Eats, roots and leaves.

[@markwestaway7207]

Kate Ceberano sang a song called "Pash".

[@I.am.Sarah.]

I remember when "The Nanny" first aired in the 90's I was with my then girlfriend and her sister and when the song came on and said "she was out on her fanny" we just pissed ourselves laughing as we couldn't believe they said that on prime time TV. We realised that "fanny" doesn't mean the same thing in the states lol.

[@Rhythmattica]

Youve got to check out Carl Baron's Standup, where he talks about Discussing Thongs with an American.. Its truly brilliant!

[@shaunneal9981]

Love that bit and Carl in general!

[@terryjeisman7550]

I was on a bus in Sydney, when a young girl got on wearing a sweat shirt with "I'm rooting for the LA Rams" emblazoned across it. She couldn't understand the look of horror on the faces of the ladies on borad and the smirks from the blokes. I suppose someone explained it to her as the sweat shirt was not seen on the morning bus again.

[@dustinzaccaria7644]

As an Aussie I love hearing slang from other parts of the world. A couple of Kiwi words I like are jandles, which are thongs, or flip flops as you pointed out that Americans call them and grutts which are underpants or men’s speedo swimmers.

[@malalford]

*crack on _to_ - hit on ( _not_ flirt) Crack on - get on with it

[@brucewalker5890]

Interestingly the word »rooting » comes from the Scots and means ‘courting’. You can see how it acquired its Australian meaning. The is a Sydney suburb named ‘Rooty Hill’ presumably after a hill frequented by courting couples. The American usage of ‘root’ meaning to barrack for person or team is unknown in Australian.

[@StephenKiely-y3j]

Love it when you talk dirty even though your explaining what we Aussies say in reality

[@listey]

"Lucked out" Means got lucky with something whereas apparently in other places can mean the exact opposite. Caused a massive fight when my Aussie mate told a group in front of his Canadian wife "I really lucked out meeting her" - she was irate, he (quite rightly) had no idea what had triggered her.

[@vk3fbab]

Words that go with the C word down under. Fat, lazy, poor, stupid, dumb, smart, small, huge, tall, short, clever, smelly, drunk, pissed, old, rich, skinny, bald, hairy and even nationalities like Indian, Pommy/English, seppo / American. We have quite a fondness for that word that most Americans will never truly appreciate.

[@robert9407]

I’m an Aussie (came to Oz in 1957 when I was 7 now 74)and have called flip flops “Thongs” since they first arrived in the late 1950s so it can’t because they are ladies underwear such as pantie’s or knickers (UK, Australia and even USA.) In New Zealand they call them Jangles. Hope all thar makes sense.🤣

[@derekmills5394]

Jandals - was the original manufacturer here - He said it came from "Japanese Sandals"

[@brilliantbutblue]

Its a bit early on a Sunday morning for this 😂

[@WaxedMerkin]

Context is everything in Australia

[@darrylblanch8463]

"Knackered". Doesnt just mean castrated, it also eans "exhausted or very worn out". 🇦🇺🍺😊

[@trig1900]

Consider also the extensions to some of those words. For example, root rat [don't think that needs an explanation... ^_^]; Pash [or Passion] Pit, used to refer to the Drive-In Movie theatres when they were a thing.; C*nt Act [also, something somebody does which is not considered good]; Crack On can also mean getting on with something. Knuckling down and working at it. Or, to have a crack can mean to have a go at doing something either difficult or the person may be doing it for the first time;

[@Jack_Callcott_AU]

"Pash" is a real high-school word. I haven't heard it used much since I was at high-school myself.

[@juliewoodman2439]

'Bashing the pash" was a popular phrase in the 50's.

[@vk3fbab]

What about Kath and Kim and Sharon getting Pash Rash. So funny.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Then there's the drink Golden Pash. Pretty popular here in QLD.

[@gemfyre855]

Immediately makes me think of Kylie Mole.

[@AndrewFishman]

@@TheCaptainbeefylog Passion Pop was also called the Pash back in the day.

[@andrewh.8403]

I invented a term called the "Ol' Susanna moment". You know in those old westerns ,in the bar, the pianist is -always- playing Ol' Susanna, when the bad guy barges through the swing doors..and the pianist is always the first to stop? Yeah, that's the moment. That happened at the old Arizona Bar in Sydney many years ago. An American woman was shouting over the music and just when she said she fell hard on her fanny , the music finished. Everyone in the bar just stopped what they were doing...just for a second and then burst out laughing. "What? What did I just say?"......"Oh. Ohhh, sweet baby Jesus"...

[@stevegraham3817]

A G String can also be called a G Banger even though it doesn't touch the G spot, but a lot of men wouldn't even know if it exists, let alone where it is. lol

[@rjlchristie]

g spot isn't a fielding position in footy so who gives a feck where it is.

[@stevegraham3817]

@@rjlchristie 🤣🤣🤣

[@Geoskan]

I've only ever heard "to crack onto someone" in the context of "to hit on someone", never as "to flirt", and "to crack on" to mean "to go about a task". "Stop trying to crack onto everything in a skirt, mate, we really gotta crack on and get this finished."

[@ebonypegasus9864]

I'm an Australian, I do not use the C word. EVER.

[@frankensteinracing3520]

Oh f@&k off c$&t. Only shitting ya. My old man never uses it either.

[@lena19191]

Lol ..100% spot on , please enjoy your stay in Australia , lots of Aussie love to you .

[@paula-yr7pp]

The English and Scottish use the C word in conversation all the time as well but still not as much as Aussies

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Bogans use it a lot.

[@geoffmesser5091]

@@RandomStuff-he7luthe worst are truckies on Channel 40.

[@partymanau]

Scotts are Aussies that live in the Nthern Hemisphere.

[@davideather5979]

Some sayings: when someone asks to borrow or take something the answer might be "go for your life" which simply means "sure, hep yourself" and calling someone "a poor bastard" is just a way of showing sympathy

[@billjackson4703]

i detest the C word, and the fact that you see car stickers saying.... CUinNT, As in, see you in Northern Territory, i think is pretty foul !

[@binnawan]

The 'C' word is an old English word and means a sheath for a scythe. makes sense.

[@colinsmith3539]

You could have also added bloody , not necessarily meaning bleeding blood everywhere , but an emphasis on the following word , e.g bloody hot , bloody mongrel , bloody bastard , bloody hell etc

[@rjlchristie]

Good Enlish slang that, origin: an abbreviation of "by our lady".

[@gardenersgraziers7261]

"Cracked Off" has it origins from Campdrafting when the Judge cracks you off with his whip crack

[@davecannabis]

actually "root" is usually considered less offensive than "fuck"

[@johnscott6412]

Well root me

[@Teagirl009]

Re Thongs - That was the original name for the shoes. The term thong is an old English term for a leather strap (in that shape) to hold the shoe together. Apparently In the US through the 70s and even up until the mid 80s they were also widely known as thongs. Until someone decided to call g-strings - thongs. So it's actually the underwear that has been named after the shoe, not the other way around. I'll accept jandals from NZ but I cant call them flip flops, it sounds funny naming clothing after the noise it makes😆.

[@lordandrewbruceofthemcinne5046]

How do you know that you have your thongs on incorrectly? They go flop-flip 🤣🤣🤣

[@ricklocke1187]

The C word is not used about women usually that would be offensive mostly used by men to other men often affectionately or sometimes heated situations

[@Deevo037]

I remember years ago watching an episode of Different Strokes when Dana Plato's character talked about falling and landing on her fanny, I had a mouthful of drink at the time and just about sprayed it everywhere.

[@firebrand2619]

A harmless backwards sign for peace in the USA.✌️ Australia, UK, Ireland, NZ Seen as rude and frequently used to signify contempt or defiance towards authority.

[@juliewoodman2439]

Palm facing outwards = peace. Palm facing inwards = up yours.

[@afpwebworks]

@@juliewoodman2439 It was originally a reply to the 'Up you' gesture It meant "Up you too!" hence the normal upwards hand motion and sometimes a flick of the hand upwards.

[@firebrand2619]

@@afpwebworks This origin of the reversed peace sign was English archers believed that those who were captured by the French had their index and middle fingers cut off so that they could no longer operate their longbows, and that the V sign was used

[@SimonAyling]

​@firebrand2619 I believed this for many, many years following Michael Caine's pronouncement of this being something that "not a lot of people know that". Sadly, it's not true

[@firebrand2619]

@@SimonAyling I cannot say you’re wrong but it’s still a good yarn🤷‍♂️

[@FredPilcher]

There was an hilarious scene in one of the episodes of Housos, where a couple of the characters were going at it in the bedroom. One of their young kids comes to the bedroom door clearly wanting Mum's attention. She looks up at him with a kindly expression and says "Aw...not not, little man. Mum and Dad are havin' a root." "Pissed" doesn't also mean drunk - it means drunk, nothing else. If you're angry, you're pissed off.

[@justjohn9067]

CN is the worst word to use here in Australia actually too

[@resourcedragon]

Depends. There's a racial slur that I consider to be about an order of magnitude worse than a C-bomb. And no, it's not what the Americans refer to as "the n-word". For the record, it was something you would sometimes find in books written 70 or 80 years ago, when it wasn't considered anything like as bad as it is now. Words change their meanings. They change in how people perceive them.

[@rjlchristie]

It's a venerable middle English term of Germanic origin. Not offensive to me.

[@paulkeays6921]

crack-on has multiple meanings in australia you mention one as cracking onto someone but to older generations it also means to get to work or move along! :) love the content its pretty accurate and im about as aussie as they come lol.. has anyone told you today???? oh, your amazing and looking good as always ; ), hope to see many more videos.. thankyou!

[@kimgee4821]

I am a Aussie you confuse me . A majority of us don’t use that language , feral people use that language. Where did you hear all this.

[@robinharwood5044]

“Pissed” is drunk. “Pissed off” is angry.

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

We are unique 😂😂😂😂

[@kayenash5481]

Got that in one 😅

[@AndrewBlucher]

Winks

[@StevieB8363]

"Little kids asking for a rubber." You killed me!

[@caltravels9454]

Crack On, for me means get on with it, keep going.

[@bertsanders7517]

But we're talking about Crack onTO + noun, e.g. he cracked onto my sister

[@kakman1958]

The c-word is used in male only situations (football teams etc) but it's very, very rare to hear it in mixed company. The poms seem to use it more than Aussies. It's always a chuckle for us when someone says "I'm going to root for you" or similar.

[@soullessnight6539]

As an Australian women I absolutely hate the c word. Anyone that says it with a woman around is disgusting in my book. I’m fifty now but when I was young no father or man would swear around a woman. Pls bring back those days. And yes, back then no one would say the c word. It was the worst swear word that anyone could ever say.

[@bluedog1052]

I'm a few months away from 50 and would never say that word in front of a woman unless we were well known friends and she used that word or wasn't offended by that word too, but never just in a random conversation, unless it's just 'with the boys'. I guess my parents taught me manners because I remember a few bars of soap in my mouth before I was 10 years old lol

[@judieloveday1643]

That's the only word not allowed in my house, at least not in earshot of me. I swear plenty, just not that.

[@Kicka308]

i agree with you there about swearing in front of women... but you now have to get the young women to stop swearing now a days lol and I am in my 70,s and hate to hear swearing in front of women and will pull men up on the matter .. I have worked in engineering shops all my working life and travelled around Aust a few times I am no prude etc

[@grandmothergoose]

As an Australian woman that's a little older than you, I use that word myself, have no qualms about it, and no one I know has any issues with it. When I was a child there was an elderly woman that lived across the road. I've never heard anyone swear as often and openly as she did. If she was alive today, she would be 135 years old. It has nothing to do with age, or era, it has everything to do with what little pocket of Australian society you exist within. Some places are more sweary than others. The least sweary place I've ever spent significant time in was Adelaide - and if I never return there it'll be too soon. The most sweary place I've been was the outer western suburbs of Sydney - which is the most friendly and community-orientated place I've ever lived. In my experience, the more genuine, kind, selfless, help-a-stranger, friendly people were the sweary ones; the polite people underneath their shiny clean outward appearance are the ones that are disgusting, discriminatory, judgemental, selfish, nasty, and snobby. But, I haven't been everywhere yet, so I'm open for anyone to change my mind on that.

[@shonaguthrie848]

I’m a 51yo Aussie woman who also hates that word. I have worked in many male-dominated industries so I’m not sheltered from blokey culture, but I still hate it.

[@jillferguson9260]

Love your vids. I build model kits as a hobby and I'm on a website with other kit builders around the world, but mostly Americans. Love my mates over there, but the language and cultural differences can be very amusing. I've also just subscribed. Good luck mate. Rob Ferguson

[@craigbullock8245]

Yeah and then we have slang for slang. So a Ronnie Coote is slang for Root.

[@ScottEDawg]

Yeah, this "slang for slang" business is NOT an Australian thing, it is Cockney rhyming slang and has been adjusted for the Australian lexicon.

[@rooster56100]

I remember back in the mid 80's I moved to the US for a few years with my American wife (now ex), we moved to Massachusetts, and after I got my first job with a woodworking firm, I think it was within the first 2 days they pulled me aside and politely asked me to stop using the 'c' word so much. I didn't even realize I was doing it.😁🤟

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

The irony is here in Australia fanny is worse than the "c" word. Go figure

[@becs2635]

nah, my mum (also an aussie) complained a woman was taking too long and said "come on you old fanny" I cracked up laughing and asked if she knew what it meant, she did! this was in the early 70's

[@audralamenti8908]

fanny, is more an old-fashioned word than an offensive one.

[@carbine5378]

Hi Kaitlyn, you mentioned pash, have you heard the expression ‘pash rash’, meaning a rash that a female could get on her face after making out, presumably from a male’s 5 o’clock shadow. Crack on also means to get on with it, it depends on what you are talking about. A lot of our phrases have more than one meaning.

[@Jeni10]

I’m Aussie and that first word is extremely offensive to me! It’s only the younger Aussies who are changing our slang. Root does also mean cheering your team.

[@ScottEDawg]

I'm a 54 year old Aussie male and that first word is extremely COMMON! I won't use it around my parents, but I have used it in conversation and heard it used all the way back in the 1980's. It has absolutely nothing to do with the younger generation changing anything! Anyone who uses "root" in the context of cheering for their team will get laughed at and branded a "Yank lover"!

[@geoffmesser5091]

I’ve heard a lot barracking for their team but never, ever, heard an Australian rooting for their team unless it was being caught on camera way up in the back row of sets in a half empty stadium 😂

[@audralamenti8908]

@@ScottEDawg Right. We are, however, pretty safe to refer to 'root vegetables' & 'tree roots'.

[@ScottEDawg]

@@audralamenti8908 True! Though I still have a somewhat infantile snigger to myself whenever I hear it...

[@sheilbwright7649]

Context is everything "crack on" can in some circumstances can mean make an effort or a better effort eg "If I don't crack on I'll never get it finished"

[@tazgecko]

Don't say fanny in Aust. People will think you're rude or strange.

[@garywaddell1343]

I think she clearly made that point already!

[@patrickporter6536]

Many things confuse Americans.

[@michaelstockley7897]

It's very common in the Northern Territory to see bumper stickers (mainly on utes) that say C U in the NT. The words "in the" in very small font

[@robincardy2994]

If you hear the C word you are moving in the wrong circles!

[@benarmstrong8031]

Haha you're a funny c

[@Schmiko6928]

I would say the exact opposite.

[@AndyFNQ84]

I would say the right ones

[@DanDownunda8888]

I agree with you Robin. My generation only ever used the C word as the worst possible insult imaginable and it was never, ever used in a friendly context. I personally have never said it to anyone and if anyone in my extended family, of any age, used it at a family gathering there would be hell to pay. I have doctors, nurses, teachers, accountants, bankers, concreters, sparkies, truckies and chippies in my family and everything in between.

[@TheHsan22]

Root can also be used as in rooting -around wasting time, not getting on with it.

[@DavidPola1961]

Ahh your getting a 60's and 70's slang education

[@bertsanders7517]

you're

[@JohnJ469]

Another thing that might confuse Americans is aussies referring to their beer as "Sex in a canoe". It means it's f*cking close to water.

[@rjlchristie]

US beer, not Ozzy amber..

[@justingrunwald4431]

As a Aussie the C word is very offensive

[@24SULLY]

Well as an Aussie the C word is not offensive, but I guess it depends on who you grew up with.

[@partymanau]

Depends on the direction, look on ur face and situation, like all other Aussie slang words.

[@rjlchristie]

No words offend me. I live in reality and don't pretend that certain body parts and activities don't exist.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Nah

[@jonpetersen3464]

Nah, “cracking on” is flirting “that guy was cracking on to me” “crack on” is to get going, “I better crack on and get this job finished”

[@markbernier8434]

Crack has such a wide range of uses. It used to be two words. Crack, as in whip, and Cracique (Irish gaelic, obsolete) meaning having a good time or having fun. Just try saying "I''m only here for the crack" in the US. Or totally confuse everyone and tell them you are going to a ceilidh.

[@resourcedragon]

The word you missed: chuck. Like Randy, that is not a name you would want in Australia. Chuck has two meanings here. The first is "to throw", e.g. "Hey, mate, can you chuck me your rubber, please." The second is "to throw up" (or vomit), e.g. "He was so pissed he chucked all over the dunny floor." Chunder is a synonym for chuck when chuck is used to mean vomit. So someone who is really pissed might chunder everywhere.

[@partymanau]

or Chunder. Sir Les Patterson, the greatest Statesman we ever had , called it , "Parking a Tiger"

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

I think I saw at the shops some weeks ago in B-town

[@dj1NM3]

"crack on" just means "getting on with [activity]" (see "get a crack on", "get cracking", etc and perhaps from the old-timey use of a whip-crack to start a horse or bullock team). " *cracking onto* " means making a(n attempted) romantic pass at some-one

[@alcampbell5831]

Getting very drunk you may say "I got totally shit-faced last night."