Ha
- had the dick
- ruined, busted, worn out, wrecked, no good
- This car has had the dick.
- hairy goat
- a poor racehorse
- If a horse runs like a hairy goat it won't be winning any races.
- hairy leg
- a railway fettler
nsw slang
- hack it
- deal with, cope
- What's wrong mate, can't you hack it?
- had it
- to run out of patience
- That's enough! I've had it!
- half your luck!
- good on you !
- Short for I wish I had half your luck!
since the 1930s
- hammer
- 1 to drive at speed
- We were hammering up the freeway.
2 a persons ' back - If someone is on your hammer they are following closely.
3 heroin - Colloquially known as smack.
rhyming slang: hammer and tack for back or smack
- hammie
- the hamstring
- Usually referred to in a sporting context, especially footy.
- What's happened to that player?
He's done a hammie! - handbag
- an attractive male
- Used by a woman as a showpiece at social functions.
since the 1960s
- handbrake
- a wife or girlfriend
- Referred to as an obstacle to enjoyment.
Davo's not coming, he's got his handbrake on tonight. - handle
- a beer glass with a handle
- About the same size as a middy or pot (10 fluid ounces or 285 ml).
See beer for more information. since the 1940s
- handpass
- a skill in aussie rules
- In which a player attempts to deliver the ball to a teammate by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it away with the other, clenched as a fist.
aussie rules
- hanger
- a mark in aussie rules football
- Where the player seems to hang in the air.
aussie rules
- hang on a tick
- wait for a minute
- happy as a bastard on father's day
- unhappy , miserable
- Possibly the only precise use of the word bastard in aussie english.
since the 1950s
- happy as a pig in shit
- very happy
- happy as larry
- very happy
- From a Sydney street fighter named Laurence Foley, who became a very successful prize fighter and became wealthy enough to retire as happy as Larry at the age of 32.
since the 1930s
- happy chappie
- a male who is very pleased
- Frequently used in the negative.
His wife left him and he's not a happy chappie. - happy little vegemite
- an australian
-
From an advertising campaign for Vegemite, it refers especially to a young aussie in a good mood. since 1954
- hard case
- 1 a highly individual person
- One who will not conform to what others think.
2 a hard drinkersince the 1870s
- hard stuff
- alcoholic spirits
since the 1830s
- hard graft
- hard work
since the 1870s
- hard word
- ask forcefully for something
- In the expectation that you will not be refused.
Often used specifically to refer to sexual favours.
The boss put the hard word on the new secretary. since the first world war
- hard yakka
- hard work
- Especially manual labour.
From the aboriginal language Yagara, from the Brisbane region. since the 1880s
- Harold Holt ∼ to do a Harold Holt
- to bolt, to flee
- Referring to the former prime minister who disappeared while swimming in the ocean.
rhyming slang: harold holt for bolt
- have a go
- to make a gutsy effort
- The great Aussie barracking cry.
Have a go ya mug! - have a good head for radio
- to have an unattractive head
- Similarly: I've seen better heads on a glass of beer.
- have a shot
- to attack verbally
- The boss had a shot at me for swearing.
since the 1820s
- have it off
- to have sex
since at least the 1960s
- have tickets on yourself
- to have an inflated view of yourself
- Often displayed in the behaviour of tall poppys who seem to get above themselves.
- hay burner
- a horse, especially a racehorse
since the 1920s
- Hay, Hell and Booligal
- hot uncomfortable places to be avoided
- From the Banjo Paterson poem by this name.
Hay and Booligal are towns on the hot, arid inland plains of NSW. since the 1920s
- hay ∼ hit the hay
- go to bed
He
- head 'em
- From the aussie gambling game of two-up.
A person who consistently bets on heads is called a headie, as opposed to a tailie
1 to make the coins land with heads upwards - Come in spinner! Head 'em up!
2 to play the game - I always spend Sunday arvo heading 'em at the pub.
- headless chook
- to act without rhyme or reason
- She was running around like a headless chook!
- A chook is a chicken or fowl.
since the 1950s
- heaps
- a lot, many
- I saw heaps of people today.
- heart starter
- early morning alcoholic drink
- hen's night
- 1 a party for the bride-to-be
- Exclusively for women, it is the female counterpart of the buck's night
2 a girls ' or womens ' night out together - herbs
- 1 engine horsepower
- This car has got plenty of herbs
2 fuel - Alluding to hay (fed to horses to give them energy) with a pun on horsepower.
I gave it the herbs and it took of like a rocket. since the 1950s
- Hexham grey
- a large and voracious species of mosquito
- Found in the locality of Hexham NSW.
- hey-diddle-diddle
- 1 the middle
- He's dobbed it straight through the hey- diddle- diddle
2 urination - I'm gunna have hey- diddle- diddle before we go.
rhyming slang: diddle for middle or piddle
Hi
- hide
- effrontery or impudence
- An aussie original, from Jessie, a well-loved elephant at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
He's got more hide than Jessie.
Struth, you've got a hide to ask me that! A similar phrase is more front than Myers since the 1900s
- High Court
- the federal supreme court in australia
- high flyer
- an adept at taking high marks
aussie rules
- Hills Hoist
- a rotary clothesline
-
A proprietory name, it is the standard backyard fixture throughout the country. invented by lance hill in 1945
Ho
- hoe into
- to perform a task with vigour
- Specifically, to eat with enthusiasm.
I was caught hoeing into a packet of chips. since the 1930s
- holding
- carrying a large amount of ready cash
- Commonly in the question:
How are you holding?
Meaning:
How are you off for cash?
Also in the statement:
I'm holding...
Meaning:
I'm carrying a large amount of cash. since the 1920s
- home and hosed
- finished successfully and done with
- Originally said of a racehorse, having won by a great length.
Now applied to various situations.
Once we get this fixed we'll be home and hosed. - honky nut
- a large gum nut from the marri gum
wa slang from at least the 1950s
- hoofa
- the game of aussie rules footy
wa slang
- hoof it
- to walk
- The car won't start, we'll have to hoof it.
- hooley dooley
- exclamation of amazement
- hoon
- a lout or a hooligan
- Especially a young male who drives dangerously, showing off his hotted‑up car.
- hoop
- a jockey
- So called from the circular bands of their silks.
- hooroo
- goodbye, farewell
- “Hooray” was recorded in The Bulletin in 1898, and is also used in New Zealand. Unique to Aussie is the unaspirated version ooroo.
since 1916
- hop in for your chop
- to step up and take your fair share
- hop into it
- to tackle with gusto
- Don't just stand there, hop into it!
from the 1930s
- hoppo bumpo
- a schoolkids ' game
- A player with folded srms hops on one leg and trys to knock over other players similarly disadvantaged.
The aim is to bump opponents so that they lose their balance. Last person standing wins. schoolkid slang since the 1950s
- hops
- beer
- Hence to be on the hops means to be on a drinking spree.
- horn bag
- a female who is sexually attractive
- horrie ∼ hozzo
- a large and dangerous wave
-
aussie diminutive, from horrendous. surfie slang
- hostie
- a female member of an aircraft's cabin crew
- A diminutive of airline hostess.
Hosties, along with male flight stewards, were renamed flight attendants in 1983, but the term is still in common use. since the 1960s
- hotel
-
often just a pub - hottie
- 1 a hot water bottle
- 2 someone who is sexually attractive
- how're you going?
- a greeting
- The aussie equivalent of How are you?
How's it going?
How're you travelling?
It does not require a a precise answer. since the 1930s
- howzat?
- in cricket, an appeal by the fielding side
Made to the umpire to declare the batter out. cricket slang
- Huey
- a name for the powers above
- Used when encouraging heavy rainfall, good surf, or snow.
Send her down, Huey!
Whip 'em up, Huey!
Hu
- hump
- to carry, usually something heavy or bulky
- He was humping a sack of potatoes.
To hump the bluey is to carry a swag and seek work. - humpy
- rough bush shelter
- Originally a native dwelling, made of branches and bark (particularly paperbark), with a standing tree usually used as the main support.
They are often built prior to the construction of more permanent buildings.
The word comes from the Yagara language in the Brisbane region. The term came to mean any temporary building made from available materials, including canvas, flattened metal drums, and sheets of corrugated iron. 
aboriginal australian english- hurl
- to vomit
- See chunder for more information.
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Words and Phrases in Afferbeck Lauder