Random Australian Slang Words (22 items)

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  (#15) Cossies

  A bathing suit. Short for "bathing costume," they might also be referred to as "bathers."
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  (#17) Keen

  Keen means the same thing in Australia as it does anywhere else: to be interested or eager. But the Aussies use it so much that it's become a word all their own. In many instances, it simply acts as an emphatic "yes."

  Want to go surfing?
  Keen.
  
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  (#6) Servo

  A gas station.
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  (#21) Rig

  An excellent female body.
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  (#1) Mate

  Where to begin? It's a term for friend, sure, but it's so much more. Mate can mean any of the following in Australia, depending on the context: yeah, nah, you serious?, I'm serious, come on, awesome, don't try me. (With the proper inflection, you can make "mate" work for you however you want.)
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  (#5) Scull

  To "scull down" a drink is to chug it. There's some controversy as to whether it's "scull" or "skol," but most Australians seem to agree on the former. The Aussies love sculling so much they've even got a song for it: 

  Here's to [insert drinker's name], he's true blue.
  He's a piss pot through and through.
  He's a bastard so they say,
  Should have gone to heaven but he went the other way!
  He went down, down, down, down, down!

  The crowd won't stop singing until the piss pot in question sculls down his drink.

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