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Furphy is a tall tale. It comes from a maker of water carts (Furphy & Co.) used during WWI. Soldiers would swap gossip while getting water and this sort of unreliable information became known as a 'furphy'. Cobber is another word for mate or friend. I can't believe he thought it was "cobbler", a shoe maker! He needs to hand in his Aussie Card. Sanger is never a sausage, always a sandwich. Maybe he was thinking of banger, which is less common than snag.
Hi Martina, You've only scratched the surface of Aussie slang words, and then there's a whole world of "Rhyming Slang" which is an older generation version of slanguage that we use. Well done to you, from another Melbourne local ;-) - Marty.
Cobber is a v oldfashioned word meaning close mate, friend, especially when facing trouble together. It was used greatly in 1st and 2nd world war. Especially the 1st.
Clucky is based off women “nesting” in preparation for a kid. It also lines up with “hen dos” or “hen’s parties”, which are our names for bachelorette parties.
Drop bears all around me up there in my trees. Try not to go outside of a night time, in case they drop on me. Sharp claws they have and very loud screams. True story 🤣
Lots of trees on my block and there are a few resident drop bears living up in them. I've never had any issues .. they do give me the evil eye but steer clear of me. Couple of overseas visiting relatives have felt their wrath though! Managed to shuffle them back inside with minor scratches. I do eat Vegemite every morning though, and of course the visitors don't.
Many of our slang words vary depending on whether you live in the city, or country, and which State you come from. Never heard 'devo' growing up, but cobber was always used. I grew up in country QLD. Sanger is a sandwich, and never heard of Furphy until I moved to Melbourne (mostly used in VIC and NSW).
Cobber means friend or mate. Don't hear it much anymore, also a lot of traditional Aussie slang and colloquialisms have disappeared from everyday use. I noticed this when I returned to Australia after living in the UK and US for 27 years. Interestingly though the word "tradie" is a relatively new word. I worked for a building supplies wholesaler before I left for overseas and came into contact with tradespeople thousands of times and never once heard the word used. Chippy and Sparky were the most common. I can't remember a slang term being used for plumbers though.
I also feel people need to know that almost every state has different slang that others don't have... most slang is indeed shared across the country but I know here in SA we have a lot of these or different variations for some of these slang words
When Burger King wanted to come to Australia, a hamburger place in South Australia already had trademarked the name Burger King for Australia. That's way the name Hungry Jack's, or HJs was used instead
Some of these words are generational. Hooroo, cobber, tucker and larrikin are pretty old-fashioned. I'm a Gen Xer, and I never say them. Haven't heard dropkick for a while but I'm glad it's still in use. And OMG, the number of ppl who'll watch this video and think dropbears are real 😅
The complete expression for Dropkick is "Dropkick & punt" shortened to just dropkick. The meaning of the expression rhymes with punt. Old Aussie rhyming slang.
You're a fairdinkum pearls. Love the Aussie slang, not used used so much any more. I've just turned 60 and still use a fair bit of slang, to me it just comes out natural. I use Sheila's, Tucker, FAIRDINKUM, pearla, pissa, stubbie, long neck, pineapple $50, redback $20, blue tongue $10, and a few more all the time! Gotta love Stralya!
Haha great video! Funny story about drop bears 😂 My husband moved to Melbourne from NZ when he was a kid. In school they told him about drop bears and to avoid walking under trees 😂 So he would run home from school on the road every day because he was scared the bears would drop from the tree and attack him 😂 Also - I’m Aussie, heard cobber but never used it (more bush slang) Cobbler is the one who fixes ur shoes and cuts ur keys 🤩
Cobber isn't so much bush slang (it used to be fairly common) it's just gone out of fashion as we've gotten more americanized. Drop Beats, on the other hand, we could only wish those little buggers would go out of fashion.
Lots of these videos highlight how we shorten words. However, we also lengthen short words. For example, my eldest daughter is Kim but referred to by her siblings as Kimmy. Could probs come up with a few more examples but to shit faced to give a rats. Analise that. Haha. Good video, one of the better ones I've seen on this topic. Cobber is or also was a hard caramel lollie with a chocolate coating. Mate, if you like this kinda stuff have a look at some rhyming Aussie slang. Eg; dogs eye- meat pie, Captain Cook-have a look, Butchers hook-crook, rubbidy dub-pub, frog and toad-road, trouble and strife-wife and so on and so forth. Dead horse- tomato sauce. Also try some Aussie vernacular like " I was so stuffed after that feed I was as full as a doctors wallet. I'm only 62 talk to some really old Aussies and keep our real slang alive.
Furphy comes from John Furphy (1842 - 1920), a blacksmith who mainly worked in Shepparton in what is now the state of Victoria. He is best known for making large, horse drawn, cylindrical water carts. These carts gained particular fame with their use in WW1. The story I heard was that soldiers would refer to a drink as a furphy if it contained no alcohol, because the water from Furphy's carts contained no alcohol. Thus implying it was not a real drink, saying things like, "It was just a furphy". The term then went on to be used for anything that wasn't genuine or was misleading. (I have more recently heard other explanations for how "furphy" acquired that meaning). I do use the word occasionally. There is a Furphy Museum in Shepparton and you'll see an original Furphy water cart in other museums at times.
The C word is one of the most common and universal slang words in the Australian vernacular. It can be used as a compliment, a form of abuse or as a way of drawing attention to someone doing something silly - " oi, have a look at this c**t!"
I concur with @jw about the origin of Furphy. Side note, Joseph Furphy used the pen-name Tom Collins when he wrote his book ‘Such is Life’. Back then a Tom Collins was an outrageous story - what we might call a ‘furphy’ today.
Very useful video Tini! If don't you mind I'm going to add more Australian slangs in order to complete the list. I need to know it because I arrive in July. Here there are: - Aggro: aggressive or angry. - Bickie: biscuit. - Bloke: man or guy. - Chewy: chewing gum. - Digger: soldier. - Deli: delicatessen. - G'day mate: kindergarten. - Kindy or lingo: language. - Op shop: opportunity stores. - Pokies: poker machine. - Postie: postman. - Roo: kangaroo. - Smoko: smoke break. - Ta: thank you. - Typo: typing error. Ask Scott if he knows them haha. See you in the next video! 🙋♂
Thank you Joan!! haha and yes, they are all very common slang words too - I think we'll need another vid to be able to cover them all! (there're others that were in the video but I had to cut them, it was like a 40-min vid otherwise!). But these ones you mentioned will be super helpful to know for others as well, thank you :)
Op shops are generally charity stores like Vinnies (St Vincent de Paul), Lifeline, Salvos, Smith Family. Pokies (US slot machines) are also one-armed bandits. A plumber is a dunny diver.
also 'ole mate' is a general term for a male, used in conversation to specify a person. eg - im off to see ole mate about a job. ball and chain is the wife, galah is an idiot, smoko is a meal break at work, banger is a sausage, anzac is a revered soldier returned from war, firie is a fireman, one armed bandit is a poker machine. cobber is old fashioned and relates back to the days of world war 1, a cobber is someone that is your mate, has your back, has endured the same hardships as you and is dependable. strangers are called mate, mates are called c*nt. if you call a stranger a c*nt you will probably get punched in the face.
A Furphy is a rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd. The origin of" Telling a Furphy" came from the name stamped or painted on water and sanitary carts that were manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton in Victoria, and used during the 1st World War. They became popular as a place where soldiers gathered for drinks and filling up their water canteens and they would exchange gossip and rumours of what they had heard was happening. Similar to gossiping around the photocopier in an office in modern time.
Furphy is what he told you about the beer brand, see he really did know, he was demonstrating it 🤣 Yeah you really do need the be careful of the drop bears, they get bigger the further north you go, I think it's cause they get more bundy and coke further north (that's probably what causes them to attack 🤣) And Furphy's can be deliberate 👍
'Clucky', certainly refers to women who are thinking about a baby. It's older Australian and I think it comes from a time when a lot of families would have a few 'chooks', hens in the backyard. Chooks after they have laid an egg, will often make a bit of a racket and prance around in celebration. This has been transferred to women who are obviously preparing to have a family. All the best, you are doing well.
Cobber is an old country saying that means the same as mate. "G'day mate", "G'day cobber". A person that repairs shoes is a Cobbler. "Lappy" = never heard of it.
Unfortunately there are no drop bears left in the wild because the dingaroos ate their babies. Dingaroos are like a bouncing dingo with a kangaroos lower body and rear legs which predate on the young of many species. Can usually be found hiding behind tall grass near camp sites or seeking refuge inside tents at night. Occasionally a few follow the scent of grey nomad caravaners and have now populated all areas drop bears were present and eliminated any mythical species rival, similar to how drop bears eradicated hoop snakes, which were originally spring snakes environment. So there you go, true as fiction.
A snag is definitely a sausage, but can also be a "good catch" either of fishing or romancing [How did he manage to snag HER??"]. Less common is Sensitive New Age Guy but these don't breed easily and tend to be much less popular than Macho Gnarly Surfer Dudes. Another example of creeping Americanisation.
You know, I was surprised that most Americans don't know "to whinge", and "to sook". It took me so long to explain, to few Americans, cuz to explain whinge, you need to know sook, and vice-versa.
Nowadays, Furphy IS a craft beer made in Geelong. In WW!, thousands of Aussie soldiers lived and trained in temporary tent camps in SE Australia. Water carts from J Furphy & sons went from camp to camp and men would chat as they drew water and the Furphy carters may have embroidered some of those stories camp to camp. Consequently the stories were rarely reliable and from then on, including Gallipoli and Europe, any fanciful tale could be dismissed as a "furphy". So, not an outright lie as much as a wild tale.
I still can't decide if Drop Bears are real or if this is a prank the entire country decided to play on newcomers. Like in the Boy Scouts, when they send the new kid around to other campsites looking for a "Bacon Spreader," or the infamous "Snipe Hunt."
Its a prank the whole country is in on. There are NO dropbears in Australia! Hahaha. Cute Koalas do not behave like that. They climb down the trunks of trees, they do not drop.
Language and slang is always evolving. You won't hear older Australians using slang like "devo". Likewise, you won't hear younger Australians using slang like "cobber" which is rather anachronistic now.
A COBBLER makes or repairs shoes. A COBBER = "mate" or "best mate" but the term was most often used in WW1 and is dying out of the language. Another is "brass razoo" as in "I don't have a brass razoo" = broke, "skint", penniless. Probably originated in France in WW1, when Aussies missheard the least valuable French coin, the "sou" which was, of course, made of brass.
In 1995, I wanted to leave Canada and either move to Argentina or Australia. Both are great places. Australia is 1st World, Argentina was 1st World, now reduced to 3rd World, but if you are rich, then it does not matter either way. Bruce Chatwin understood this with "In Patagonia" and "The Songlines". I am from Canada. If you want to laugh at my country, laugh at Justin Trudeau, or laugh at the silly "Québécois'' hillbilly French. Either way, I am not attached to my country in a patriotic way. I am lucky to live here. I was born here. This is not any achievement of mine, though. I was just born here. I am grateful for this, but it is not my personal achievement. God Bless.
The one not mentioned is dinki di, if something is dinki di it's true blue, or if someone says what he says is dinki di, he professes that it is fair dinkum.
Cobber means mate (friend) (Drop Bears are a Myth - no such animal exists in Australia) (Aussies - Australians) when they talk about The Drop Bears are: "having A Lend Of Ya" - which basically means they are Joking around. "Aussies are top pranksters" - meaning they love joking or playing jokes on others but in a nice/funny way. "Shiver Me Timbers" basically means " Oh Shit" -, like if you see a spider on the toilet seat right before you sit down . Spidie or spidey - Means spider. "No Friggin' Way mate" - means "NO" "Too Right Mate" - Means i agree or yes.
Interesting thing is it is a living feedback loop. Good examples are - cobber old school probably genuinely used up until 1950s/60s or earlier. Now just Mate. Possible regional differences in the terms. Whereas, "Yeah Nah", meaning the previous generations yes (yeah) and no (na) (which I believe think are just my or slightly early generations lazy yes and no, originally, separate and distinct) were combined to demonstrate a non-committed yes that means no, but now evolving into a softer or considered and playful - fake yes but really no. I am going out on a limb to say only since 1990s/2000s. In general, simpler and shortening. Although one view not discussed was the use of opposites, for want of a better explanation. For example the kids cartoon Bluey. For the blue catttle dog. However, traditionally speaking, I would have liked to have seen bluey be the red cattledog. As bluey is a nickname for red heads. Now replaced by more common ranga, or ginga. I will always remember that as a child my grandfather's names for his friends, where not only shorter versions but other types like - bluey, chooka. Like a church or a bar. Every town or street would have had a bluey or a chook/a, or a shorty (for someone who was very tall) . Simple shortenings are replacing the older cockney or Irish and Scottish or other cultural creative catalysts. Not bad or good. just changes. Sorry, I have Covid and I am extremely over it and bored to death.
A Cobber, is not Australian slang, it's Pommie (English) slang, but there you go, more Aussie slang for your collection, the word Pommie is Australian slang for someone who's English, it's because they turn the colour of a pomegranate in the Australian weather (not enough slip slop slap)
Cobber is really obsolete these days. It’s been replaced almost completely by ‘mate’. We used to have these little lollies of hard caramel, coated with milk chocolate, which are called Mates. I’m old enough to remember when they were called Cobbers. Cobbler is the shoe repairer or maker. And if you get told you’re talking cobblers…that’s from rhyming slang for Cobblers’ Awls (balls)…the awl being a cobbler’s tool. Surprised he didn’t know Yakka for work. There was a brand of work clothes called Hard Yakka, and I do remember an ad where the refrain was Hard Yakka, although I feel that was an ad for beer, working up a sweat and needing a beer…probably VB or another CUB beer. Beer ads were always state-based. Victoria and Southern NSW was CUB (Carlton and United Breweries) which was based on the northern edge of the Melbourne CBD, at the top of Swanston St. That whole beer monopoly is long gone now with boutique beers and breweries taking over. And no-one in Australia drinks Foster’s (another CUB beer) - well, very few do.
waiting for a video which would make us more understand through Australian tv shows, their likes/dislikes, fav music band etc.. somethings which will stay alive in Australia.
Gnarly doesn't mean good, it means challenging or difficult. Bogan is a derogatory terms for someone who is uncouth. Yeah Nah means no, not um. Unfortunately, the young people don't use the slang as much.
Geez, I went down the Booza the other day with old mate Chooka and blew the top of a few frothies, when it was his Wally Grout the bastard shot through, guess he has short arms and deep pockets and wouldn't shout if a dog bit him
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Clucky originally is from hens hens are clucky when they sit on their eggs
Furphy is a tall tale. It comes from a maker of water carts (Furphy & Co.) used during WWI. Soldiers would swap gossip while getting water and this sort of unreliable information became known as a 'furphy'.
Cobber is another word for mate or friend. I can't believe he thought it was "cobbler", a shoe maker! He needs to hand in his Aussie Card.
Sanger is never a sausage, always a sandwich. Maybe he was thinking of banger, which is less common than snag.
Thank you for this! haha yes, it was a tricky one
Furphy can also mean a fortunate mistake. Cobber is very old slang. Rarely used these days.
@@livingsimplyaustralia basically a LIE... a false truth.
Hi Martina, You've only scratched the surface of Aussie slang words, and then there's a whole world of "Rhyming Slang" which is an older generation version of slanguage that we use.
Well done to you, from another Melbourne local ;-) - Marty.
Cobber is a v oldfashioned word meaning close mate, friend, especially when facing trouble together. It was used greatly in 1st and 2nd world war. Especially the 1st.
Clucky is based off women “nesting” in preparation for a kid. It also lines up with “hen dos” or “hen’s parties”, which are our names for bachelorette parties.
when a chicken lays an egg, apparently it clucks and struts about. hence feeling clucky.
I am surprised you didn't come out with ' chucking a sickie' Great video guys. Cheers
Thank you John! Yes that one is on my video on Aussie slang for work :)
A cobber is a friend, can be used casually or personally ,depending how much beer you have drunk.
Yes, her was thinking of "cobbler" who fixes shoes.
Drop bears all around me up there in my trees. Try not to go outside of a night time, in case they drop on me. Sharp claws they have and very loud screams. True story 🤣
Vicious blighters aren’t they they’re not to common where I live but saw one at my neighbours one time has to get professionals to remove it
Lots of trees on my block and there are a few resident drop bears living up in them. I've never had any issues .. they do give me the evil eye but steer clear of me. Couple of overseas visiting relatives have felt their wrath though! Managed to shuffle them back inside with minor scratches. I do eat Vegemite every morning though, and of course the visitors don't.
Many of our slang words vary depending on whether you live in the city, or country, and which State you come from. Never heard 'devo' growing up, but cobber was always used. I grew up in country QLD. Sanger is a sandwich, and never heard of Furphy until I moved to Melbourne (mostly used in VIC and NSW).
Cobber means friend or mate. Don't hear it much anymore, also a lot of traditional Aussie slang and colloquialisms have disappeared from everyday use. I noticed this when I returned to Australia after living in the UK and US for 27 years. Interestingly though the word "tradie" is a relatively new word. I worked for a building supplies wholesaler before I left for overseas and came into contact with tradespeople thousands of times and never once heard the word used. Chippy and Sparky were the most common. I can't remember a slang term being used for plumbers though.
Plumber is a dunny diver
The ones he is not getting are ones that were used by older generations, cobber (Mate).
Thanks
Wow thanks Mark! really appreciated :)
I also feel people need to know that almost every state has different slang that others don't have... most slang is indeed shared across the country but I know here in SA we have a lot of these or different variations for some of these slang words
Very true!
When Burger King wanted to come to Australia, a hamburger place in South Australia already had trademarked the name Burger King for Australia. That's way the name Hungry Jack's, or HJs was used instead
Some of these words are generational. Hooroo, cobber, tucker and larrikin are pretty old-fashioned. I'm a Gen Xer, and I never say them. Haven't heard dropkick for a while but I'm glad it's still in use. And OMG, the number of ppl who'll watch this video and think dropbears are real 😅
Surprised he got cobber wrong
@Sean Lander no. Far from it moonbeam
I use cobber and hooroo all the time
The complete expression for Dropkick is "Dropkick & punt" shortened to just dropkick. The meaning of the expression rhymes with punt. Old Aussie rhyming slang.
Or just Droppie.😂
These kind of videos are very helpful especially for us whose English is second or even third 🇦🇺
You're a fairdinkum pearls.
Love the Aussie slang, not used used so much any more. I've just turned 60 and still use a fair bit of slang, to me it just comes out natural. I use Sheila's, Tucker, FAIRDINKUM, pearla, pissa, stubbie, long neck, pineapple $50, redback $20, blue tongue $10, and a few more all the time!
Gotta love Stralya!
Haha great video!
Funny story about drop bears 😂
My husband moved to Melbourne from NZ when he was a kid.
In school they told him about drop bears and to avoid walking under trees 😂
So he would run home from school on the road every day because he was scared the bears would drop from the tree and attack him 😂
Also - I’m Aussie, heard cobber but never used it (more bush slang)
Cobbler is the one who fixes ur shoes and cuts ur keys 🤩
Cobber isn't so much bush slang (it used to be fairly common) it's just gone out of fashion as we've gotten more americanized. Drop Beats, on the other hand, we could only wish those little buggers would go out of fashion.
no worries (can mean: thanks for wasting my time! or happy to help... depending on context)
Lots of these videos highlight how we shorten words. However, we also lengthen short words. For example, my eldest daughter is Kim but referred to by her siblings as Kimmy. Could probs come up with a few more examples but to shit faced to give a rats. Analise that. Haha. Good video, one of the better ones I've seen on this topic. Cobber is or also was a hard caramel lollie with a chocolate coating. Mate, if you like this kinda stuff have a look at some rhyming Aussie slang. Eg; dogs eye- meat pie, Captain Cook-have a look, Butchers hook-crook, rubbidy dub-pub, frog and toad-road, trouble and strife-wife and so on and so forth. Dead horse- tomato sauce. Also try some Aussie vernacular like " I was so stuffed after that feed I was as full as a doctors wallet. I'm only 62 talk to some really old Aussies and keep our real slang alive.
You’ll also find a lot of town names are very long.
Nice video. I will wait for your next vlog on Aussie movies/ shows recommendation
Ya both good cobbars I certainly like blokes and Sheila's that produces great content that I enjoy
Furphy comes from John Furphy (1842 - 1920), a blacksmith who mainly worked in Shepparton in what is now the state of Victoria. He is best known for making large, horse drawn, cylindrical water carts. These carts gained particular fame with their use in WW1. The story I heard was that soldiers would refer to a drink as a furphy if it contained no alcohol, because the water from Furphy's carts contained no alcohol. Thus implying it was not a real drink, saying things like, "It was just a furphy". The term then went on to be used for anything that wasn't genuine or was misleading. (I have more recently heard other explanations for how "furphy" acquired that meaning).
I do use the word occasionally. There is a Furphy Museum in Shepparton and you'll see an original Furphy water cart in other museums at times.
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Cobber is used quite alot in Australia. Mate etc.
G'day mate I really enjoyed this vid
Yes have heard of cobber also tubber neckers can be people in a tourist busses.
I use Cobber regularly… Its generally something an ‘older’ Australian would use (I’m 62)
Loved it!!
You did leave out one of my faves though .
No wuckin forries! 😂
No wuckas
Really good and funny video! Didn’t know most of the words. Thank you!!
I find it that Whoop Whoop is pretty cute 😂
I think the drop bear was started by the Bundaberg ad.
Good content👍I appreciate the effort
Thank you so much! Very helpful
The C word is one of the most common and universal slang words in the Australian vernacular. It can be used as a compliment, a form of abuse or as a way of drawing attention to someone doing something silly - " oi, have a look at this c**t!"
Hola, los mushies significa psicodélicos. Fue un vidéo muy divertido..😊
never heard of *_devo_* and I remember when grouse was part of the common vernacular
Scott the King of Slang 😂
I concur with @jw about the origin of Furphy. Side note, Joseph Furphy used the pen-name Tom Collins when he wrote his book ‘Such is Life’. Back then a Tom Collins was an outrageous story - what we might call a ‘furphy’ today.
Very useful video Tini! If don't you mind I'm going to add more Australian slangs in order to complete the list. I need to know it because I arrive in July. Here there are:
- Aggro: aggressive or angry.
- Bickie: biscuit.
- Bloke: man or guy.
- Chewy: chewing gum.
- Digger: soldier.
- Deli: delicatessen.
- G'day mate: kindergarten.
- Kindy or lingo: language.
- Op shop: opportunity stores.
- Pokies: poker machine.
- Postie: postman.
- Roo: kangaroo.
- Smoko: smoke break.
- Ta: thank you.
- Typo: typing error.
Ask Scott if he knows them haha. See you in the next video! 🙋♂
Thank you Joan!! haha and yes, they are all very common slang words too - I think we'll need another vid to be able to cover them all! (there're others that were in the video but I had to cut them, it was like a 40-min vid otherwise!). But these ones you mentioned will be super helpful to know for others as well, thank you :)
You’ve missed a word and so your cut and paste is out a bit: g'day mate: hello, kindergarten: kindy, lingo: language.
@@Bellas1717 Oh! Sorry, I made a mistake with this word. Thanks for your correction.
Op shops are generally charity stores like Vinnies (St Vincent de Paul), Lifeline, Salvos, Smith Family.
Pokies (US slot machines) are also one-armed bandits.
A plumber is a dunny diver.
also 'ole mate' is a general term for a male, used in conversation to specify a person. eg - im off to see ole mate about a job. ball and chain is the wife, galah is an idiot, smoko is a meal break at work, banger is a sausage, anzac is a revered soldier returned from war, firie is a fireman, one armed bandit is a poker machine. cobber is old fashioned and relates back to the days of world war 1, a cobber is someone that is your mate, has your back, has endured the same hardships as you and is dependable. strangers are called mate, mates are called c*nt. if you call a stranger a c*nt you will probably get punched in the face.
A Furphy is a rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd.
The origin of" Telling a Furphy" came from the name stamped or painted on water and sanitary carts that were manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton in Victoria, and used during the 1st World War.
They became popular as a place where soldiers gathered for drinks and filling up their water canteens and they would exchange gossip and rumours of what they had heard was happening.
Similar to gossiping around the photocopier in an office in modern time.
Ha Ha, that pause before tell his missus He didn't knoe what a Lappy was?
Furphy is what he told you about the beer brand, see he really did know, he was demonstrating it 🤣
Yeah you really do need the be careful of the drop bears, they get bigger the further north you go, I think it's cause they get more bundy and coke further north (that's probably what causes them to attack 🤣)
And Furphy's can be deliberate 👍
U both look adorable together..😅
'Clucky', certainly refers to women who are thinking about a baby. It's older Australian and I think it comes from a time when a lot of families would have a few 'chooks', hens in the backyard. Chooks after they have laid an egg, will often make a bit of a racket and prance around in celebration. This has been transferred to women who are obviously preparing to have a family. All the best, you are doing well.
Cobber is an old country saying that means the same as mate. "G'day mate", "G'day cobber". A person that repairs shoes is a Cobbler. "Lappy" = never heard of it.
Lappy is what millennials call a lap dance.
Never heard of a laptop being a lappy.
"Mushies... yes" 😂
Unfortunately there are no drop bears left in the wild because the dingaroos ate their babies. Dingaroos are like a bouncing dingo with a kangaroos lower body and rear legs which predate on the young of many species. Can usually be found hiding behind tall grass near camp sites or seeking refuge inside tents at night. Occasionally a few follow the scent of grey nomad caravaners and have now populated all areas drop bears were present and eliminated any mythical species rival, similar to how drop bears eradicated hoop snakes, which were originally spring snakes environment. So there you go, true as fiction.
A snag is definitely a sausage, but can also be a "good catch" either of fishing or romancing [How did he manage to snag HER??"]. Less common is Sensitive New Age Guy but these don't breed easily and tend to be much less popular than Macho Gnarly Surfer Dudes. Another example of creeping Americanisation.
Cobber is a friend or mate.Your guest is confusing Cobbler with cobber.
You know, I was surprised that most
Americans don't know "to whinge",
and "to sook".
It took me so long to explain,
to few Americans,
cuz to explain whinge, you need to
know sook, and vice-versa.
Cobber is a very old slang term, probably from the turn of the 20th century, the word for a shoe maker/repairer is a cobbler, 😂.
Nowadays, Furphy IS a craft beer made in Geelong. In WW!, thousands of Aussie soldiers lived and trained in temporary tent camps in SE Australia. Water carts from J Furphy & sons went from camp to camp and men would chat as they drew water and the Furphy carters may have embroidered some of those stories camp to camp. Consequently the stories were rarely reliable and from then on, including Gallipoli and Europe, any fanciful tale could be dismissed as a "furphy". So, not an outright lie as much as a wild tale.
Keep an eye out for the hoop snakes. Just as dangerous as the drop bears.
Hi thank you
Cobber is like Mate. "hey, Cobber"
I still can't decide if Drop Bears are real or if this is a prank the entire country decided to play on newcomers. Like in the Boy Scouts, when they send the new kid around to other campsites looking for a "Bacon Spreader," or the infamous "Snipe Hunt."
Its a prank the whole country is in on. There are NO dropbears in Australia! Hahaha. Cute Koalas do not behave like that. They climb down the trunks of trees, they do not drop.
If you’re American, then drop bears are definitely real. For anyone else, we’re just winding up the Yanks.
Cobber is old school mate, mate.
Language and slang is always evolving. You won't hear older Australians using slang like "devo". Likewise, you won't hear younger Australians using slang like "cobber" which is rather anachronistic now.
A COBBLER makes or repairs shoes. A COBBER = "mate" or "best mate" but the term was most often used in WW1 and is dying out of the language. Another is "brass razoo" as in "I don't have a brass razoo" = broke, "skint", penniless. Probably originated in France in WW1, when Aussies missheard the least valuable French coin, the "sou" which was, of course, made of brass.
This could be the reason why a lot of immigrants with Australian PR, have left Australia for USA or Canada or UK.
Huh? That makes no sense LOL.
Hes' thinking of a cobbler that fixes shoes. Cobber is your mate.
In 1995, I wanted to leave Canada and either move to Argentina or Australia.
Both are great places.
Australia is 1st World, Argentina was 1st World, now reduced to 3rd World, but if you are rich, then it does not matter either way.
Bruce Chatwin understood this with "In Patagonia" and "The Songlines".
I am from Canada. If you want to laugh at my country, laugh at Justin Trudeau, or laugh at the silly "Québécois'' hillbilly French.
Either way, I am not attached to my country in a patriotic way. I am lucky to live here. I was born here. This is not any achievement of mine, though. I was just born here. I am grateful for this, but it is not my personal achievement.
God Bless.
Lappy can also mean a lap dance
Cobber means friend, pal, buddy, mate. A cobbler repairs shoes.
i think Martina's better at Aussie slang than Scott!
A person who fixes shoes is a cobbler
Bogans are closer to Red Necks. Although not so Red Necky.
Banga's are Sausages. A Banga Sanga, is a Sausage Sandwich.
We also have Banga's and Mash. - Sausages, Mashed Potato and Gravy... mmmmmm!
Exy.. and my nickname is Axie. 😅😅😅
Forgot about the hoop snake. That bastard will chase you.
Gnarly does not mean good... Id define it more as 'intense'. that waves gnarly, that injury is gnarly, etc etc etc
thingo is thingy bob
Or a watsamacalit
Or a dooverlacky
The one not mentioned is dinki di, if something is dinki di it's true blue, or if someone says what he says is dinki di, he professes that it is fair dinkum.
Cobber means mate (friend)
(Drop Bears are a Myth - no such animal exists in Australia)
(Aussies - Australians) when they talk about The Drop Bears are:
"having A Lend Of Ya" - which basically means they are Joking around.
"Aussies are top pranksters" - meaning they love joking or playing jokes on others
but in a nice/funny way.
"Shiver Me Timbers" basically means " Oh Shit" -, like if you see a spider on the toilet seat
right before you sit down .
Spidie or spidey - Means spider.
"No Friggin' Way mate" - means "NO"
"Too Right Mate" - Means i agree or yes.
Cobber is a mate good friend where as a cobbler is the shoe maker
Interesting thing is it is a living feedback loop. Good examples are - cobber old school probably genuinely used up until 1950s/60s or earlier. Now just Mate. Possible regional differences in the terms. Whereas, "Yeah Nah", meaning the previous generations yes (yeah) and no (na) (which I believe think are just my or slightly early generations lazy yes and no, originally, separate and distinct) were combined to demonstrate a non-committed yes that means no, but now evolving into a softer or considered and playful - fake yes but really no. I am going out on a limb to say only since 1990s/2000s. In general, simpler and shortening. Although one view not discussed was the use of opposites, for want of a better explanation. For example the kids cartoon Bluey. For the blue catttle dog. However, traditionally speaking, I would have liked to have seen bluey be the red cattledog. As bluey is a nickname for red heads. Now replaced by more common ranga, or ginga. I will always remember that as a child my grandfather's names for his friends, where not only shorter versions but other types like - bluey, chooka. Like a church or a bar. Every town or street would have had a bluey or a chook/a, or a shorty (for someone who was very tall) . Simple shortenings are replacing the older cockney or Irish and Scottish or other cultural creative catalysts. Not bad or good. just changes. Sorry, I have Covid and I am extremely over it and bored to death.
A Cobber, is not Australian slang, it's Pommie (English) slang, but there you go, more Aussie slang for your collection, the word Pommie is Australian slang for someone who's English, it's because they turn the colour of a pomegranate in the Australian weather (not enough slip slop slap)
you dont slop on a hat ya goose, its slip on a shirt, slap on a hat and slop on some sun screen
Cobber is really obsolete these days. It’s been replaced almost completely by ‘mate’. We used to have these little lollies of hard caramel, coated with milk chocolate, which are called Mates. I’m old enough to remember when they were called Cobbers. Cobbler is the shoe repairer or maker. And if you get told you’re talking cobblers…that’s from rhyming slang for Cobblers’ Awls (balls)…the awl being a cobbler’s tool.
Surprised he didn’t know Yakka for work. There was a brand of work clothes called Hard Yakka, and I do remember an ad where the refrain was Hard Yakka, although I feel that was an ad for beer, working up a sweat and needing a beer…probably VB or another CUB beer. Beer ads were always state-based. Victoria and Southern NSW was CUB (Carlton and United Breweries) which was based on the northern edge of the Melbourne CBD, at the top of Swanston St. That whole beer monopoly is long gone now with boutique beers and breweries taking over. And no-one in Australia drinks Foster’s (another CUB beer) - well, very few do.
I loved cobbers!
These two look comfortable together, are they rooting?
(there's another word for you)
I doubt we use most of these words anymore. Other than we do shorten everything
You missed out yellafellar.
how about a ' Bleeding Dog's Eye" ......... Pie with Sauce
waiting for a video which would make us more understand through Australian tv shows, their likes/dislikes, fav music band etc.. somethings which will stay alive in Australia.
Coming soon :)
He's sooo handsome
haha Tim!
Cobber is very old word. But, yes friend.
Chuckle, the yella belly drop bear...
Gnarly doesn't mean good, it means challenging or difficult. Bogan is a derogatory terms for someone who is uncouth. Yeah Nah means no, not um. Unfortunately, the young people don't use the slang as much.
goodonya cobber
Clucky is when maternal instincts cut in.
OMG 😱Drop bears... Their bloody terrifying Mate
"sweet as" is kiwi.... sweet as bro......
A cobbler fixes shoes 🤦🏻♀️
A cobber is your mate.
Are you sure that guy is Aussie? 😂
you were correct with the furphy it is an old term meaning a lie or not true story
Cobber a term forMate/Friend but stopped being used in the 60's
Cobbler fixes shoes 👞 👟
Geez, I went down the Booza the other day with old mate Chooka and blew the top of a few frothies, when it was his Wally Grout the bastard shot through, guess he has short arms and deep pockets and wouldn't shout if a dog bit him
Kept a tiger snake in one pocket and a funnelweb in the other. Maybe a copperhead.
Furphy = misleading. It’s a furphy. Maybe like a red herring
Please stop asking millenials about Aussie slang. If you want to know real Aussie slang. Ask a grown up.
Was thinking the same thing.