Saturday, September 25, 2004

oz dictionary - part 2

here's some essential aussie lingo for a good night out:
drunk:
blotto, tanked, plastered, faceless, legless, rat-arsed, pissed to the eyeballs, sloshed, pissed out of your brain, maggot, supermaggot (the state you have to be in to call someone up at 5am)
drugged:
off the planet, loaded, spacey, stoked, off one's face, stoned, smashed, ripped, spaced out, high as a kite
throw up:
chunder, spew, ralph, hurl, drive the porcelain bus, do a technicolour yawn, chunderspew, blow chunks
stocking up and pre-drinkies:
bottle-o = bottle shop = liqueur store
bundy = bundaberg rum
esky = portable ice-box
goon = cheap wine sold in a cardboard cask (abt 6e/4l)
dunny = toilet
b.y.o. = bring your own (alcohol) restaurant
handy during the pub crawl:
wanker/tosser = idiot and/or pretentious person
piece of piss = easy task
reckon! = you bet!
prozzie = prostitute
quickie = quick sex
tazzie = tasmania (also pussy: "did ya touch her taz?")
tinnie = can of a beer
undies = underwear
comfy = comfortable
arvo = afternoon
mad as a cut snake = angry
weak as piss = weakness
crack the shits/go apeshit = to lose one's temper
and to wrap it up:
"my bloody flatmate went apeshit on me, so i cracked the shits, and stopped over at a bottle-o on my way to the b.y.o. my mate and i got pissed to the eyeballs and wanted to continue with a pub crawl but the goon at home seemed more comfy. i reckon i'll end up hurling my guts out in the dunny tomorrow arvo."

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