Mainly for australians!?

Question

I love aussies but always wanted to know, why you call everyone 'mate' when sometimes they aren't and why women get called shiela's, also what does 'giving me the raw prawn mean'? i'm from london so i don't get your lingo!

Answer 1

mate = pal, buddy, friend. Used in almost the same way, except it sticks out when some bloke from overseas uses it, so it also a way of telling who's fair dinkum. As for sheilas - why the hell not? The yanks'll say chick, you poms say bird, so why not just use sheila?

Raw prawn? Telling a tall tale, more like. Sheesh, all it is is that when someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes an ya wanna let the bastard know you've cottoned on that his little business is not exactly all wool and a yard wide, in fact it's more like a bottom-of-the-harbour scheme, and you think that the drongo in question ought to take a long walk off a short pier, then you tell 'em straight that you're not gonna get sucked in, mate!

P.S. Pom is short fer POME is short for Prisoner Of Mother England, by the way!

Answer 2

mate is a term used for all kinds of people good or bad
(good on yer mate) (up yours mate)
sheilas is just the term for women because it is one size fits all
(look at them good lookin sheilas over there)
the raw prawn is a bit of a bad deal
(they gave you a raw prawn mate)
Australian Lingo is an aquired taste it takes years to understand and most AUSSIES dont understand it either
the latest are (mateship) and (unaustralian)

Answer 3

Mate - cause we're friendly and everyone could possibly be a good mate, shiela is just an affectionate term for a girl or woman. the prawn one ive never heard, and just added extra spunk in oz, isnt spunk in london...............and btw we love the brits tooooooo

Answer 4

irritating aint it, they do it in the uk too. ive been in restaurants where the spotty 17 year old waiters are calling you mate instead of sir and makes you think well, am i a customer or your buddy?

Answer 5

mate - buddy, friend
shiela - a woman

giving the raw prawn - to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable

Here are a few more for you

Ankle biter : small child
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barrack : to cheer on (football team etc.)
Bastard : term of endearment
Battler : someone working hard and only just making a living
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bloke : man, guy
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days slacking and drinking beer
Boomer : a large male kangaroo
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bored shitless : very bored
Buckley's, Buckley's chance : no chance ("New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australia at football")
Budgie smugglers : men's bathing costume
Bull bar : stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also roo bar)
Bundy : short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there
Bushman's hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Bushranger : highwayman, outlaw
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia - From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job, have a drink and be back at work
Cab Sav : Cabernet Sauvignon (a variety of wine grape)
Cactus : dead, not functioning ("this bloody washing machine is cactus")
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Captain Cook : look (noun) ("let's have a Captain Cook")
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Cat burying ****, as busy as a : busy
Cat's piss, as mean as : mean, stingy, uncharitable
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus (from Latin cloaca = sewer). Also the single orifice of monotremes (platypus and echidna) used both for reproduction and for the elimination of body wastes.
Clayton's : fake, substitute
Cleanskin : Bottle of wine without a label. Usually bought in bulk by companies who then add their own personalised label and use the wine as e.g. gifts to clients
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockatoo
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Date : ****[hole] ("get off your fat date")
Dead horse : Tomato sauce
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person (from "derelict")
******** : see "whacker"
Digger : a soldier
Dog's balls, stands out like : obvious
Dog's eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Earbashing : nagging, non-stop chatter
Ekka : the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive
Face, off one's : drunk ("He was off his face by 9pm")
Fair dinkum : true, genuine
Fair go : a chance ("give a bloke a fair go")
Fair suck of the sav! : exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief (see also "sav")
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : V8 ute (q.v.) sporting large heavy bullbar, numerous aerials, large truck mudflaps and stickers almost all over the rear window and tailgate. Sometimes seen with a Mack emblem on the bonnet and always with large (multiple) driving lights
Feral (n.) : a hippie
Figjam : "F*ck I'm good; just ask me". Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger
Greenie : environmentalist
Grinning like a shot fox : very happy, smugly satisfied
Grog : liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")
Grouse (adj.) : great, terrific, very good
Grundies : undies, underwear (from Reg Grundy, a television person)
Gutful of piss : drunk, "he's got a gutful of piss"
Handle : beer glass with a handle
Heaps : a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.
Holy dooley! : an exclamation of surprise = "Good heavens!", "My goodness!" "Good grief!" or similar
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub


I think this'll do for now, there are heaps more on the web site, go take a look.

Answer 6

its called slang. Its just like us kiwis that call everyone bro or cuz. Im sure english people use slang as well?