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No. Starting with yeah makes it sound a bit more friendly.

"Yeah nah, I reckon we give it a miss."

Afternoon. Used heaps by basically everyone.

"Knock off early and we'll have a beer this arvo."

Genuine, true, no word of a lie. Also a question: "Fair dinkum?"

"He's a fair dinkum bushie, grew up out past Bourke."

Petrol station. Also where you buy a pie, milk and a bag of ice at 11pm.

"Pulled into the servo for a sausage roll and a Big M."

A day off sick when you're not sick. Chucking a sickie is a fundamental right of all Aussies.

"Tez chucked a sickie and turned up on the news at the cricket."

Toilet. Traditionally an outhouse down the back of the yard, now any toilet at all.

"Check for redbacks before you sit on the dunny."

Hard physical work.

"Shifting that slab was hard yakka, I need a sit down."

Used to explain something that's chaotic or a complete mess.

"The new roundabout's a dog's breakfast."

A bottle shop, where you buy grog to take home.

"Swing past the bottle-o on the way to the barbie."

Extremely busy. Can be sarcastic about someone who isn't busy at all.

Paramedic, or the ambulance they turned up in.

"The ambos had him patched up before the second half."

Extremely thirsty. Also used for weather that has not seen rain in months.

Going at something with great enthusiasm. A masturbation joke.

Use something as hard and as often as you can, usually a car or a tool.

"It's a hire car, mate. Flog the eyeballs off it."

Something impressive or powerful, usually a car or an engine. Also used for a quick drink.

The pokies. Poker machines at the pub or club.

Genuine, the real thing.

Means 'how are you?', won't hear it much in the cities but still said by old bushies.

Completely full, usually after a big feed. Sometimes used for very drunk.

Showing off and very pleased with yourself.

Almost impossible to find.

Something is so expensive you would have to do something drastic to buy it.

Extremely happy.

Get loud and rowdy, usually said of a party or a crowd. Also used for someone losing their temper.

Scare someone so badly they nearly wet themselves.

What's the story? What's happening, or what's the news?

A coin that never existed. Not having a brass razoo means being completely broke.

Extremely busy, with no hope of keeping up.

Extremely windy.

Crumpled and sour-looking.