Australiabarbie
noun · Colloquial
A barbecue — both the appliance and the social occasion.
Australia
Australian Slang for Food & Drink
13 Australian slang terms for food & drink, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal words for eating, drinking and the state of having done too much of either. Frequently borrowed across borders, and frequently mistranslated.
bickie
noun · Colloquial
A biscuit or cookie.
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bottle-o
noun · Colloquial
A liquor shop. Off-licence in Britain, liquor store in the US.
brekkie
noun · Colloquial
Breakfast.
chook
noun · Colloquial
A chicken — the live bird and the cooked one alike. A chook raffle is a fixture of Australian pub life.
esky
noun · Colloquial
A portable insulated cooler box for keeping drinks cold.
goon
noun · Informal
Cheap boxed wine — specifically the silver foil bladder inside the box. Inseparable from Australian student culture.
Maccas
noun · Colloquial · MACK-us
McDonald's. Universal in Australia to the point that the company itself has used the name on its signage.
sanga
noun · Colloquial
A sandwich. A sausage sanga — a sausage in a slice of white bread with onion and sauce — is the standard offering at community fundraisers.
schooner
noun · Colloquial · SKOO-ner
A glass of beer, 425ml in most of Australia. Beer glass sizes and their names vary by state, which is a live source of confusion for Australians themselves.
snag
noun · Colloquial
A sausage.
stubby
noun · Colloquial
A short, squat 375ml bottle of beer. A stubby holder is the insulating sleeve that keeps it cold — an object of genuine cultural significance.
tinnie
noun · Colloquial
A can of beer.
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