AUSSIE SLANG

Arvo noun, afternoon.
Bloke noun, a male.
Bloody adjective used for emphasis to intensify a subject.
Bush noun, natural Australian countryside.
BYO phrase, "Bring Your Own", usually alcohol. Many restaurants allow customers to bring their own wine or beer.
Dag noun, not very stylish. Used as a term of endearment as well as insult.
Drongo noun, a stupid person.
Esky noun, an insulated container for keeping food or drink cool.
Fair Dinkum exclamation, meaning true or real, believed to have derived from the Chinese for "Good Gold".
G'day phrase, "Good day"
Mate noun, a friend. Often used as a greeting.
Onya phrase, "Good on you" a term of encouragement, can be sarcastic.
Tinny noun, a tin of beer.
Woop woop noun, a place a long distance away, especially far from civilization.
Yakka noun, work. Especially "hard yakka".

I was out woop woop this arvo, doing some bloody hard yakka when I met a mate of mine - a fair dinkum bush bloke. We say "g'day" and then dive in the esky. My mate's no bloody drongo, "BYO," he says pulling out a couple of tinnies. "Onya, ya bloody dag," I says.