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backchat
talking back

back o’ Bourke
a far way away, usually in reference to the outback

bag
verbally criticise

bag of fruit
rhyming slang for suit

bags
to call something

banana bender
a resident of Queensland

bar of it
see don’t want a bar of it, won’t have a bar of it

barbie
abbreviation of barbecue

barney
an argument or fight

barrack
to support your team or an individual

Barry Crocker
rhyming slang for shocker

bash
verbally criticise

bat and ball
rhyming slang for stall

battler
a hard working bloke who makes just enough to get by

beak
a judge or magistrate

beat around the bush
not getting to the point

beaut/beauty
describing something great

beetroot
Americans call it beets, it’s also an essential ingredient in an Aussie hamburger

belt
1. to hit someone
2. to move exceptionally fast

berko
angry

bewdaful
variation of “beautiful”

beyond the black stump
out in the middle of nowhere

biffo
a fight

big A
see give it the big A

big smoke
a reference to the city from people in rural areas

bikie
a motorcyclist

bikkie
abbreviation of biscuit

billabong
a waterhole

billy
a tin can used in the bush for boiling water over a campfire

billy lid
rhyming slang for kid

biscuit
a cookie

bitzer
an animal of mixed breeds

black stump
see beyond the black stump

blimey
exclamation of surprise

blinder
1. a good performance
2. to drink excessively

block
see do your block

block of flats
apartment complex

bloke
a male

bloody
adjective used to emphasize anything good or bad

bloody hell
expressing surprise

bloody oath
expressing approval

blow in
someone who just came into town

blow through
leaving town after a short stay

blowie
abbreviation of blowfly

bludge
sitting back and taking it easy instead of working

bludger
someone who bludges

blue
a fight or argument

Bob’s your uncle
expressing your understanding of a situation

bodgy
something of suspect quality

boiled lollies
hard candy

bonnet
the hood of a car

bonzer
something good

boofhead
an idiot

boomer
male kangaroo

boomerang
a tool used by Aboriginals for hunting, more well known as the throwing stick that comes back

boot
the trunk of a car

bo-peep
take a look

bottle shop
liquor store

bottle-o
see bottle shop

brekkie
abbreviation of breakfast

brickie
abbreviation of bricklayer

Bris-Vegas
Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland

Brizzie
abbreviation of Brisbane

brolly
abbreviation of umbrella

brumby
wild horse

bub
abbreviation of baby

Buckley’s
no chance

buck’s night
a bachelor or stag party

bugger
a person or thing

bugger off
another way of telling someone to go away

buggered
exhausted

buggery
slang term used for emphasis or to make a point, see also go to buggery

Bugs Bunny
rhyming slang for money

bull bar
known as a push bar to Americans, a large grill on the front of a vehicle to prevent further damage from hitting animals and other objects

bung
to put

bunyip
a mythical creature from the bush

Burke and Wills
rhyming slang for dills

burl
see give it a burl

bush
1. a large forest-like area
2. a part of the country far from the city or out of town

bush tucker
food found out in the bush

bush week
see what is this? bush week?

bushie, bushy
someone who lives out in the bush

bushranger
an outlaw from the country’s early years

butcher’s hook
1. rhyming slang for crook
2. rhyming slang for look

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