We Asked Non-Australians To Guess The Meaning Of Aussie Slang

This is what happened when BuzzFeed Oz asked our colleagues around the word to translate our fave slang words.

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Sarah (Canada): Weed.

Maggy (UK): Short for pashmina: "BRB gotta wrap my pash around me."

Juliana (Brazil): Its like someone is getting into this huge fight. "Don't go there, it's a pash!"

Kate (US): Um. The sixth Spice Girl?

Adam (US): This is making out, no?

Jarett (US): This is when you don't want to do something but also have an overbite, so it's like:

Guy 1: "Hey Jarett, do you want to go to a clown museum?"

Me: "Pash."

Actual meaning: To kiss passionately, e.g., "Jordan and Mands drank too much goon and pashed in front of everyone last night."

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Sarah (Canada): A tiny, tiny hat.

Maggy (UK): Like a hilarious joke: "Man he dropped a dunny just now."

Juliana (Brazil): When you are being cute and you don't know something: "I dunny!"

Lara (US): A wizard.

Sami (US): An idiot?

Adam (US): Dunce.

Victor (Russia): Yogurt brand.

Actual meaning: Slang for toilet, e.g., “Where's the dunny, I'm bustin' for a poo?"

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Sarah (Canada): I knew Australia has terrifying animals but maggots too? I'm praying for you all.

Lara (US): A grandma!

Sami (US): Something really gross.

Adam (US): That's an actual thing. Maggots are real things.

Jarett (US): A derogatory term for someone you hate.

Victor (Russia): Something from Harry Potter.

Actual meaning: Extremely drunk, e.g., "I was so farkin maggot last night I pissed myself, aye."

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Sarah (Canada): Afternoon.

Maggy (UK): Like aggro but softer - "man I'm feeling really arvo right now." A soft form of aggression.

Juliana (Brazil): When someone says something wise. "That's pretty arvo!"

Kate (US): You are kidding with this.

Sami (US): Is this like a car?

Adam (US): Aardvark.

Victor (Russia): Australian word for orgasms.

Actual meaning: Afternoon, e.g., "Can you come in for a job interview tomorrow arvo?"

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Sarah (Canada): The Australian version of Dunkaroos.

Juliana (Brazil): It's a Australian expression for when you get a good deal after this serious negotiation. Then you can shake hands.

Maggy (UK): A really longwinded way of saying LOL.

Kate (US): COME ON.

Jarett (US): Australia's Leading Peter Dinklage Fan Club.

Elaina (US): Sounds good, mate.

Alexandra (US): Nice ass. ;)

Victor (Russia): Default name for a documents folder on Australian Mac computer.

Actual meaning: Genuine or true, e.g., "I got to Bunnings and there was no sausage sizzle, fair dinkum!"

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Sarah (Canada): Miniature horses.

Maggy (UK): Slang for mouth? SHUT YER CLACKER.

Lara (US): Someone who won't STFU.

Sami (US): A phone?

Elaina (US): Idk why my mind immediately whispered "buttcheeks", because I don't think it means buttcheeks.

Victor (Russia): Church priest.

Actual meaning: Anus, e.g., “I stuck a cracker up my clacker.”

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Sarah (Canada): I'm afraid to answer this one.

Juliana (Brazil): A cute way to talk about your loved one.

Lara (US): Someone who is annoying and also has the flu.

Sami (US): I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY????

Jarett (US): Getting your period?

Elaina (US): A pervert.

Victor (Russia): Seriously ill.

Actual meaning: A real legend, e.g., "Damo brought a beer bong to the party, what a sick cunt."

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Sarah (Canada): Someone who won't shut up.

Juliana (Brazil): I'm thrilled to know you Australian people have slangs that sound like me talking to my cat!

Lara (US): A turkey.

Kate (US): Eat?

Adam (US): Goblin.

Elaina (US): This sounds like gobble which makes me think of like your throat or something?

Victor (Russia): Cabbie.

Actual meaning: A blow job, e.g., "Got a gobbie at the party."

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Maggy (UK): When you're pretending to be sick.

Lara (US): Someone who has a runny nose.

Kate (US): I GIVE UP STOP THIS.

Sami (US): Like taking a sick day off work.

Elaina (US): A cute way of saying you're feeling ill.

Victor (Russia): Any prime minister.

Actual meaning: Taking a sick day when you're not actually sick, e.g., "I'm chucking a sickie and going to the beach."

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Sarah (Canada): Someone who loves Christmas more than life itself.

Juliana (Brazil): When someone is being weird. "He is being so festy to me".

Lara (US): An infested wound.

Adam (US): When you forget that "feisty" is spelled with an "i" in there.

Jarett (US): A giant party.

Victor (Russia): Day off.

Actual meaning: Gross, e.g., "We need to clean the fridge, it's getting really festy."

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Maggy (UK): Slang for penis: "Shaking my franger about."

Juliana (Brazil): When someone is being an asshole. "What a franger".

Lara (US): Someone you pretend to be friends with even though you actually hate them.

Sami (US): Someone who's clingy.

Adam (US): Someone named Frank.

Elaina (US): A stranger that you think you could be friends with right away. A friend-stranger. A franger.

Victor (Russia): Australian for lover.

Actual meaning: Condom, e.g., "It's not happening without a franger."

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Sarah (Canada): Hahaha dong.

Maggy (UK): When you drop a massive turd, it's a donger.

Juliana (Brazil): It's a man's part that so dangerous it's a donger!

Lara (US): A penis.

Sami (US): Lol.

Adam (US): I'm not falling for this.

Elaina (US): How am I NOT supposed to say this means peen?

Victor (Russia): Super dangerous.

Actual meaning: Penis, e.g., "Dryer than a dead dingo's donger."

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Sarah (Canada): No worries.

Maggy (UK): When people are making out in the corridor you go "NO WUKKAS!"

Juliana (Brazil): You ain't joking.

Sami (US): Like, "stop fighting".

Adam (US): Do Australians even know what this means...?

Jarett (US): How men tell their parents they're gay.

Victor (Russia): No dogs inside.

Actual meaning: Short for "no wukking furries", which is slang for "no fucking worries", e.g., "I can give you a lift, no wukkas."

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Maggy (UK): Girly boots.

Lara (US): People who loooooveee to talk about their workouts.

Sami (US): Someone's being sneaky/shady with you.

Elaina (US): Um, like really cool sweatpants that have buttons up the legs so you can pull them off real quick.

Jarett (US): Sweet surfing move.

Victor (Russia): Internet cookie files.

Actual meaning: Tracksuit pants a.k.a. sweatpants, e.g., "I watched Netflix in my tracky daks all weekend."

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Sarah (Canada): A knight's oath.

Maggy (UK): The sound you make when you knock out someone's teeth.

Juliana (Brazil): It's an Australian type of quinoa.

Lara (US): A boat.

Sami (US): A dumb person.

Adam (US): Keep an oath.

Jarett (US): This word is made up.

Elaina (US): I honestly don't even know where to begin with this one. It's like you Aussies just decided to take two nonsense words to make one nonsense word and snicker at us while we try to figure out what it means.

Actual meaning: Short for fucking oath, a term used to express agreement, e.g., “It's bloody hot today.” “K’noath.”

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Sarah (Canada): A potato.

Maggy (UK): It's the sound Australians make when they wolf whistle.

Lara (US): A cigarette.

Jarett (US): A penis.

Sami (US): Get to the bottom of something.

Elaina (US): OMG I know what this means, it means fingering or something equally gross.

Actual meaning: Root. To have sex, e.g., “Wanna root?”

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Maggy (UK): When you're really sad you make this sound.

Lara (US): A war cry.

Adam (US): A big party.

Jarett (US): Oh! I know this. it's the name of a town or a party, right? There was a movie called Welcome To Woop Woop that I never saw, but I'm assuming that's what this is about.

Elaina (US): Oh please don't be something dirty, I say this all the time.

Victor (Russia): Hurray!

Actual meaning: Really far away, in the middle of nowhere, e.g., “That party is in Woop Woop, I can't be fucked."

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Sarah (Canada): That one kid from your high school that you hated.

Maggy (UK): Someone from the countryside?

Juliana (Brazil): It's when you are lying and someone discovers it.

Sami (US): Totally weird/basic/dumb.

Adam (US): Your version of what we call rednecks.

Jarett (US): Something lame.

Victor (Russia): A bear.

Actual meaning: Someone who takes Australian stereotypes to the next level, e.g., “I built a Christmas tree out of VB cans, it was fully bogan aye.”

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Sarah (Canada): An ill-fitting wig.

Maggy (UK): An old mother.

Lara (US): A very cultured and beautiful young lady.

Sami (US): A neat coffee drink?

Adam (US): A maple tree.

Elaina (US): Map of Tasmania!!!!!!! I love Tasmania with my whole heart!!!!!!

Actual meaning: A woman's pubic area, especially if it's particularly hairy, e.g., "Oi Kaz, cross your legs, we can see your Mappa Tassie."

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