The 100 Most Australian Words Of All Time

    The definitive ranking of our national lingo. (NSFW because Straya.)

    by Chris Rodley, Anna Mendoza, Allan Clarke

    100. Maggot

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    "Let's get maggot!" "I'm still maggoted from last night."

    99. Nollsy

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    98. Durry

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    "Fanging for a durry."

    97. Uey

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    96. Pash-rash

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    95. Gammon

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    94. Pikelet

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    93. Ciggybuttbrain

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    "You got nothin' but fucken ciggie butts up there now. You've got ciggybuttbrain."

    92. Cunt

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    "Which of youse cunts ate all the BBQ Shapes?"

    91. Sickcunt

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    "You bought BBQ Shapes? Bloody sickcunt!"

    90. Madcunt

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    "Howard DJs like a madcunt."

    89. Rellies

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    88. Showbag

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    87. Wristie

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    86. Gobbie

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    85. Saltie

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    84. Sickie

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    "Chuck a sickie."

    83. Exxy

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    82. Physie

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    "I didn't get to be two-time state physie champ without stepping on a few toes, Narelle.”

    81. Toadie

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    80. Wowser

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    79. Jillawa

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    "Quick, need to use the jillawa."

    78. Goona

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    "You got goona pains?"

    77. Ranga

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    76. Bush-doof

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    "Bazza took too many eckies at the bush-doof and had to wait four hours for the ambos."

    75. Daggy

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    74. Cert

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    "I'm a sparky with a Cert IV instro ticket."

    73. Chockie-bickie

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    72. Nang

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    71. Wag

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    "Wanna wag school and do nangs?"

    70. Devvo

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    "Is that the last of the nangs? Devvo."

    69. Brissie

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    68. Festy

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    67. Sanger

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    "A dry Weet-Bix for little lunch and a tomato sauce sanger for big lunch."

    66. Franger

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    65. Servo

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    "Went down the servo for some Passiona and a packet of Toobs."

    64. Sarvo

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    63. Derro

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    62. Deffo

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    61. Soycap

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    60. Cabsav

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    59. The Gurge

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    58. Choosdee

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    Via blake_d_shiel.

    57. Dak

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    56. Moi

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    "Look at moi, ploize."

    55. Youse

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    54. Gobbledok

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    "Chippie, chippie, chippie!"

    53. Budju

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    "Look at that lovely budju over at the bar."

    52. Ozibatla

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    51. Perthonality

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    50. Burl

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    49. Choof

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    48. Orchy

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    "Takes another choof outa the Orchy bottle."

    47. Tradie

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    "Tradies get the ladies."

    46. Pozzie

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    45. Mozzie

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    44. Jarjum

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    "Where'd those jarjums go?"

    43. Root-rat

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    42. Strewth

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    41. Crikey

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    40. Mappatassie

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    "And that was the last time I used Nad's on my mappatassie."

    39. Dunmeback

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    "I've bent down to pick up a slab at the bottle-o and gone and dunmeback."

    38. Yakka

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    37. Chunderous

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    36. Occystrap

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    "Need to do a Bunnings run to pick up an occystrap."

    35. Bonza

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    34. Tidda

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    33. Goggomobil

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    From this classic commercial.

    32. Chrissiepressie

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    31. Donger

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    "Drier than a dead dingo's donger."

    30. Boofhead

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    "Eddie McGuire has been officially condemned for being a 'continual boofhead'".

    29. Scungies

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    28. Mirin

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    "U mirin, brah?"

    27. Pollywaffle

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    "As popular as a Pollywaffle floating in a public pool."

    26. Unna

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    "True, unna?"

    25. Galah

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    "Ya flamin' galah."

    24. Pav

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    23. Gubbah

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    22. Poo-tickets

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    21. Kylie

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    20. Spill

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    19. Doona

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    18. Shark-biscuit

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    17. Budda

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    "How you going, budda? Everything all right, my bred?" "All good, brah."

    16. Larrikin

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    15. Bumfloss

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    14. Never-Never

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    13. Browneye

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    "Chuck a browneye."

    12. Habib

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    11. Dardy

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    10. Bludger

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    9. Tryhard

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    7. Wucking-furries

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    "No wukkas?" "No wucking-furries, mate."

    6. Dunny-budgie

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    5. Trackydaks

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    4. Goon

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    3. Fuckenoath

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    2. Fucksakes

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    A cherished Australian proverb.

    1. Deadly

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    Indigenous Affairs Reporter Allan Clarke contributed to this list.