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ta
thank you

take away
take out food

tall poppy
a successful person

tall poppy syndrome
criticism towards a successful person

TAS
initials for Tasmania

Tassie
abbreviation of Tasmania

Taswegian
a resident of Tasmania

tea
dinner

technicolour yawn
to throw up

telly
abbreviation of television

that’ll do me
I’ve had/heard/seen enough

the Wet
the rainy season of north Australia

thongs
flip flops

thunderbox
toilet

tick
a brief moment

tickets on yourself
egotistical

tin tack
1. rhyming slang for back
2. rhyming slang for sack

tinfoil
aluminium foil

tinnie/tinny
1. a can of beer
2. a small boat

toey
anxious

toffee apple
candy apple

tomato sauce
ketchup

too right
expression of agreement

torch
a flashlight

tosser
a person who practices self-stimulation

trackies
abbreviation of tracksuit pants

tracksuit
sweatshirt and sweatpants

trackydaks
sweatpants

troppo
crazy

trouble and strife
rhyming slang for wife

truckie/trucky
abbreviation of truck driver

true blue
genuinely Australian

tucker
food

tuckerbag
used to store food

tuckerbox
used to store food

tuckshop
cafeteria

turn it up
expression of disbelief

turps
abbreviation of turpentine

two bob watch
see silly as a two bob watch

two up
a traditional gambling game

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