Australiaambo
noun · Colloquial
A paramedic; also the ambulance itself. Part of a large family of -o occupational names: firie, garbo, journo, muso, pollie.
Australia
Australian Slang for People
10 Australian slang terms for people, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Labels for social types: the show-off, the country cousin, the city sophisticate, the freeloader. These words tell you what a culture notices about its own members.
bludger
noun · Informal
Someone who avoids work and lives off others' effort. The verb bludge means to shirk or to scrounge.
Use with care
bogan
noun, adjective · Informal
A person seen as unsophisticated and working-class, identified by dress, taste and accent. Roughly Britain's chav or America's redneck, and carrying the same class contempt.
+1 more sense
Use with care
dag
noun · Informal
An unfashionable, socially awkward but likeable person. Affectionate — closer to 'dork' than to 'loser'.
+1 more sense
dob
verb · Informal
To inform on someone. Usually dob someone in. A dobber is the person who does it, and the taboo against it is taken seriously from primary school onwards.
larrikin
noun · Informal
A mischievous, irreverent person who disregards convention — and is liked for it. Almost always a compliment in modern Australian use.
mate
noun · Informal
A friend, and the default way to address almost any man — and increasingly any person — regardless of acquaintance.
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Use with care
rellies
noun · Colloquial
Relatives, family members — usually the extended sort who turn up at Christmas.
tradie
noun · Colloquial
A tradesperson — electrician, plumber, carpenter and so on. Neutral and extremely common.
yobbo
noun · Informal
A loud, boorish, usually drunk man. Focuses on behaviour where bogan focuses on class.