| B & S (n) | Bachelor and Spinsters Ball A drinking and dancing party for single people, usually in rural areas. |
| BAC (n) | blood alcohol concentration used to determine drunk driving |
| back bencher (n) | Member of Parliament not holding a ministerial position |
| back foot, on the (adj) | being defensive, under attack "The accused politician was on the back foot." |
| back hander (n) | a bribe |
| back of Bourke (adj) | far away From the remote town of Bourke in western New South Wales. |
| back-to-front (adj) | opposite |
| backy (n) | tobacco "Got any backy?" |
| backyard job (n) | improper or illegal job |
| bad trot (adj) | a period of bad luck "I've had a bad trot this week." |
| bagging (v) | giving someone a hard time |
| bags (v) | claim (kid's term) "I bags the front seat." |
| bail up (v) | a hold up, to corner someone |
| bailiff (n) | private process server, marshal of the court |
| bale (n) | The top piece on a cricket wicket. |
| ball and chain (n) | wife |
| ball huggers (n) | Speedos (also see budgie smugglers) |
| Bali belly (adj) | diarrhea Bali is a popular vacation spot in nearby Indonesia. |
| balls-up (adj) | screw-up, mistake |
| ball-tearer (adj) | something really special |
| balustrade (n) (pronounced bah-liz-trahd) |
Railing, hand rail, banister |
| banana bender (n) | person from Queensland |
| bandicoot (n) | a small marsupial about the size of a rabbit |
| bangle (n) | bracelet |
| Banksia (n) | a flowering tree indigenous to Australia |
| barbed wire (n) | Four X beer XXXX looks like barbed wire |
| barbie (n) | barbecue |
| barbie pack (n) | sausages, steak, and chops to cook on a barbecue "I went to the shops and bought a barbie pack." |
| bar heater (n) | electric heater, radiator |
| Barmy army (n) | English cricket fans |
| barney (n) | a fight |
| barrack (v) | to cheer for |
| barramundi, barra (n) | a tasty, brackish water fish from the northern coast of Australia, often served in restaurants or as fish and chips can be wild or raised in mariculture |
| barrister (n) | lawyer who appears in court usually suggested by your solicitor |
| BAS (n) (pronounced baaz) |
Business Activity Statement Tax form for figuring your GST payment. |
| bash (v) | to try something "I'll give it a bash." |
| bashed (v) | hit, battered, assaulted "The man was bashed in the robbery." |
| bathers (n) | swimsuit "He put on his bathers." |
| battle axe, battle axe block (adj) | (real estate) rear lot, flag lot a land-locked lot that has a narrow section to connect with a road. |
| battler (n) | someone working hard but barely making it |
| bean curd (n) | tofu |
| beanie (n) | knit cap |
| beaut, beauty (adj) | great, real good "That car's a real beaut!" "You little beauty!" |
| beavering (v) | working hard |
| bed-sit (n) | an efficiency or studio apartment |
| beer buddy (adj) | drinking buddy |
| bee's dick, a (adj) | a small amount "Move it a bee's dick to the left" |
| beet root (n) | beets |
| behind (n) | a one-point score in footy |
| bell (v) | to call someone "I'll give you a bell later." |
| bench top (n) | kitchen counter |
| bend the elbow (v) | drink too much "He's been known to bend the elbow." |
| berko (adj) | angry |
| berley (n) | chum, bait (fishing) "Berley is spread behind the boat to lure in the fish." |
| beyond the black stump (adj) | far away, referring to giving bad directions. "We live just beyond the black stump." (The outback is littered with burned-black stumps.) |
| bickie (n) also spelled: bikkie | cookie (from biscuit) "We baked bickies." |
| bickie (n) | dollar |
| biffo, biff (v) (adj) | a fight "I gave him the biff." "We had a bit of a biffo." |
| big note, to (v) | to boast or brag "Sean was big noting himself again." |
| bikies (n) | motorcyclists Usually referring to members of bad-guy motorcycle gangs. |
| billabong (n) | pool in a streambed or waterhole. |
| billy (n) | a pot used on an open fire to boil water for tea or cooking. |
| billy cart (n) | homemade wooden cart, soapbox racer |
| biltong (n) | jerky South African term |
| bin (n) | trash can (green top for rubbish, yellow top for recyclables) "Put out the rubbish bin." |
| bindies (n) | little stickers that grow on grass |
| bingle (n) | minor car accident "He was in a bingle." |
| bird (n) | girl, gal From British slang. |
| biro (n) (pronounced bye-ro) |
ballpoint pen Laszlo Biro invented the ballpoint pen. Biro is a brand name, and biro is used generically for any ballpoint pen. |
| biscuit (n) | cookie |
| bit of a train smash (adj) | a disaster, something that doesn't work well, a mistake "The job was a bit of a train smash." |
| bities (n) | biting bugs "The bities are out tonight." |
| bits (n) (adj) | pieces "Pick up all the bits." |
| bits and bobs (adj) | miscellaneous things |
| bitumen (n) | asphalt, pavement |
| bitzer (n) | mongrel dog, something pieced together from various parts bits of this and that |
| bizzo (n) | business "Mind your own bizzo." |
| black spot (n) | trouble spot in a roadway targeted for improvement or policing |
| block, block of land (n) | lot (real estate) "We bought a block in Subiaco." |
| bloke (n) | man, guy, fellow "He's a good bloke." |
| bloodnut (adj)(n) | person with red hair |
| bloody (adj) | very, also an expletive "That bloody fool!" |
| Bloody oath! | "Very true!" |
| bloomers (n) | shorts worn over undies and under a skirt |
| blower (n) | telephone "Get on the blower and call him." |
| blowie (v) (n) | windy weather, a blowfly |
| blow in (adj) | someone unexpected and uninvited |
| blow in the bag (v) | taking a breathalyser test |
| bludge, bludger (n) | person who dodges work |
| blue (n) | a fight |
| blue heeler (n) | a cop |
| blue metal (n) | granite gravel |
| blue tongue (n) | a bobtailed lizard, common in WA |
| blue, make a (adj) | make a mistake |
| bluestone (n) | granite "They walked over a bluestone bridge. |
| bluey (n) | multiple meanings: a backpack, equipment, traffic ticket, a type of cattle dog, $10 bill, a jacket worn by miners, bluebottle jellyfish, a person with red hair |
| Blundies (n) | Blundstone work boots |
| Blu-Tack (n) | an adhesive putty that is used to hang posters on walls, etc. |
| board shorts, boardies (n) | surfer's baggie swim trunks, knee-length or longer |
| bob-a-job (n) | An odd-job performed by a kid for a neighbor, usually for a small amount. A bob is slang for a pound, the Aussie denomination of money before switching to the dollar in 1966. |
| Bob's your uncle | and there you have it, a done deal |
| bodgy (adj) | bad quality, worthless |
| bog in (v) | to start eating |
| bog standard (adj) | ordinary, basic, unadorned "His Holden was bog standard." |
| bog, the (n) | toilet "i gotta go to the bog." |
| bogan (n) | a low-life person |
| bogey (n) | fifth wheel-hitch on a semi-truck (also called a booger) |
| bogged (adj) | stuck, vehicle stuck in sand or mud "We got bogged on the beach." |
| boilermaker, boilie (n) | person qualified to cut and fabricate metal, a welder |
| bolshie (n) (adj) | revolutionary, agitator, rebel From Bolshevik. |
| bonk (v) | to have sex |
| bonnet (n) | car hood |
| bonzer (adj) (pronounced bon-za) |
great |
| boofhead (n) (adj) | idiot |
| boofy (adj) | fluffy, usually referring to hair |
| booking (v) | reservation for a restaurant, hotel, hire car "I made a booking for dinner." |
| booking out (adj) | booked up, no vacancy |
| boom swinger (n) | person who holds the mike boom on a movie crew |
| boomer (n) | large male kangaroo |
| boomerang (adj) | loaned item that hasn't been returned |
| boondy (n) | (Western Australian term) dirt clod "I chucked a boondy and hit him in the eye." |
| boot (n) | car trunk |
| booze bus (n) | police van used in road blocks to catch drink drivers |
| boozer (n) | pub or tavern, a drinker |
| booze-up (n) | drinking spree |
| bore (n) | well (water) |
| bossy boots (adj) | pushy person |
| bottle shop, | liquor store |
| bottle-o (n) | |
| bottler (adj) | something excellent |
| bounce (adj) | bully |
| bourse (n) | stock exchange |
| bowled me over (adj) | surprised "You could have bowled me over." |
| bowler (n) | the pitcher in cricket |
| bowser (n) | gas pump "He got petrol from the bowser." |
| box and dice (adj) | everything From "the whole box of dice." |
| box of beer (n) | case of beer also slab or carton |
| Boxing Day (n) | the day after Christmas |
| brackets (n) | parenthesis (punctuation) |
| brass, brass razoo (adj) | money "He hasn't got a brass razoo." |
| brassiere (n) | bar, inexpensive restaurant and bar |
| breaker (n) | person who breaks horses for riding |
| brekky, brekkie (n) | breakfast |
| brickie (n) | brick layer |
| brickie's cleavage (adj) | crack of a man's ass, visible when his pants slide too low |
| bring a plate (v) | pot luck, bring your own meat (barbecue) |
| Brizzie (n) | Brisbane |
| brolly (n) | umbrella |
| brown-eyed mullet (n) | turd |
| Brownie Guides (n) | Brownies (first level of Girl Guides) |
| brumby (n) | mustang, wild horse |
| bub (n) | baby |
| Buckley's, Buckley's chance (adj) | no chance at all "He hasn't got Buckley's chance of winning the Lotto." |
| bucks night (adj) | bachelor party |
| budgie smugglers (n) | Speedos (tight swimsuit, like competitive swimmers wear) |
| budgie, budgerigar (n) | parakeet Aboriginal word |
| bug (n) | delicious crab-like crustacean (Queensland) |
| bugger (v) (adj) | unpleasant person, affectionate term for someone, an exclamation of amazement "Bugger them all!" "He's a bugger." "I'll be buggered." |
| Bugger off! | "Go away!" |
| bulk billing (n) (v) | Medical billing where physician directly bills the government and accepts whatever the government pays as full payment. |
| bull bars (n) | Big brush bar on the front of a vehicle for protection from hitting kangaroos or emus in outback and shopping trolleys in supermarket car parks. also 'roo bars |
| bull dust (n) | deep dust on a dirt road |
| bull twang (adj) | lies |
| bum (n) | butt, ass, derri?re |
| bum bag (n) | waist pack "Fanny" is a word not used in polite company. |
| bumf, bumph (adj) | official documents, forms, toilet paper |
| Bundy (n) | Bundaberg rum, made in Bundaberg, Queensland |
| bunfight (n) | argument, dispute, brouhaha |
| bunger (n) | firecracker (usually large and illegal), cigarette |
| bunged, bunky (adj) | broken "Bring that bunky regulator over here." |
| bung hole (n) | mouth "Put that in your bunghole!" |
| bung (v) | to put an object on something "Bung that tyre on my ute." |
| bunny (adj) | victim in a swindle |
| Bunyip (n) | legendary swamp monster, Aussie bogeyman |
| burl (v) | to try "Give it a burl." |
| bush (n) | anyplace outside a town |
| bush bash | a race through the bush |
| bush oyster (n) | spit-out nasal mucus, a "loogy" |
| bush ranger (n) | outlaw |
| bush telegraph (n) | spreading rumors or gossip, the grapevine |
| bush tellie (n) | campfire a tellie is a television. |
| bush tucker (n) | native food foraged or hunted |
| bushfire | brushfire |
| bushie (n) (adj) | person who lives in the bush "He's a bit bushie." |
| busker (n) | street performer, usually paid by tips |
| bust-up | fight, brawl |
| busy as a cat burying shit (adj) | being busy |
| busy bee (n) | volunteer work party |
| butcher (n) | half-pint glass of beer (South Australia) |
| butter up (v) | To fix a mistake you've made. |
| BYO (adj) | restaurant where you can bring your own alcohol |