Australian Slang - Local Lingo
Unique Phrases - Memorable Quotes - U - V
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
UGG BOOTS - sheep skin lined boots
U-IE – to take a U-Turn when driving
ULURU - or Ayers Rock. Spectacular landmark in N.T. that stands 348 m above sea level. No longer allowed to be climbed
UMPTY-DOO - far fetched (Digger Smith, C.J. Dennis)
UNDERGROUND MUTTON - rabbit
UNDER THE WEATHER - hungover
UNCLE NED - bread (ryhming slang 1890s)
UNREAL - fantastic
UNREPRESENTATIVE SWILL - Paul Keating's description of the Senate
UP AGAINST IT - foiled, nullified, thwarted (1913)
UP A GUMTREE - means to be in a quandary
UP AND DO 'EM SPINNER - term used in two-up
UP AND JOB SOMEONE - to assault someone with the fists
UP FRONT - honest to the point of rudeness
UP HIM - to have a fight
UP SHIT CREEK - in trouble
UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE - in trouble
UP THE DUFF - pregnant
UP THE SHIT - not any good
UP THE SPOUT - gone; finished
UP THERE CAZALY - encouragement call
UP TO MUD - worthless, useless, no good; someone you don't like
UP TO ONE'S EYES IN HOCK - having used up all credit and then some
UP TO PUSSY'S BOW - couldn't eat anything more
UP TO PUTTY - no good (soldier slang WW1)
UP YOU - brush off towards another with different views
UP YOURSELF - person who has high opinion of themselves
USEFUL AS - completely useless
UTE - Utility car - designed in 1934 by Lewis Bandt at Ford in Geelong
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND - Name used for Tasmania until 1856
VEE DUB - volkswagon car
VEGANESE - Terminology sprouted by vegans to describe their moral superiority
VEGGIES - vegetables
VEGEMITE - Australian savoury spread made from yeast extract. Invented in 1923 by Dr. Cyril P Callister a leading food technologist
VEGEMITES - Aussie children
VERBAL DIARRHOEA - non stop talk
VICTA - rotary lawn mower. Invented by Mervyn Victor Richardson in 1952 - More Australian Inventions
VILLAGE BIKE - promiscuous woman
VOLLEYS - sandshoes
VON BLINKED - drunk (vin blanc corruption WW1)
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