Bevvy
A drink, usually alcoholic.
"Few bevvies after work Friday."
Drinking
Words for grog and for being thirsty, drunk or hungover.
Blind as a welder's dog
Very drunk. Blind means drunk.
"Nah, I was blind as a welder's dog."
Booze bus
A police van for random breath testing.
"Yeah, there's a booze bus on the highway."
Bottle-o
A bottle shop, where you buy grog to take home.
"Swing past the bottle-o on the way to the barbie."
Bundy
Bundaberg Rum, made in Bundaberg, Queensland. Usually drunk with Coke. Also a time clock at work that you punch in and out on.
"Don't forget to punch the bundy when you knock off."
BYO
Bring your own: grog to a restaurant or party.
"BYO. Grab a bottle."
Chunder
Vomit.
"Had a chunder after the fourth Jäger."
Coldie
A cold beer.
"Feel like a coldie?"
Dry as a dead dingo's donga
Extremely thirsty. Also used for weather that has not seen rain in months.
"Does a bear... yes. I'm dry as a dead dingo's donga."
Dry as a Pommy's bath mat
Extremely thirsty. The joke is that the English never bathe.
"Yep, I'm dry as a Pommy's bath mat."
Esky
A portable cooler box for drinks and food.
"Esky, chairs, umbrella."
Full as a goog
Completely full after eating, or very drunk. A goog is an egg.
"I'm full as a goog."
Gone faster than a cold beer on a hot day
Disappeared or sold very quickly.
"Went faster than a cold beer on a hot day."
Goon
Cheap cask wine.
"Goon. We're students."
Grog
Alcohol.
"Bringing grog?"
Kick on
Keep partying after the main event.
"Kicking on after the wedding?"
Maggot
Very drunk.
"Maggot by nine. Don't remember the rest."
Make mine an unleaded
I'll have a light beer.
"Driving, so make mine an unleaded."
Off your chops
Very drunk or high.
"Nah, I was off my chops."
On the piss
Drinking.
"They've been on the piss since lunch."
Piss
Alcohol, grog.
"Spent half his pay on piss."
Piss it up the wall
To waste your money on drink.
"Don't piss your pay up the wall this time."
Pissed
Drunk. In Australia, pissed off means angry.
"Too pissed to drive, so he slept in the ute."
Pissed as a nanna's mattress
Very drunk. In Australia, pissed means drunk and pissed off means angry.
"Pissed as a nanna's mattress."
Pisshead
A heavy drinker.
"Her uncle's a pisshead but a good bloke."
Schooner
A beer glass, 425ml in most states. Glass sizes and their names vary by state.
"Schooner, thanks."
Schooner shop
The pub.
"Quick stop at the schooner shop first."
Shout
To buy something for someone or others.
"Whose shout?"
Silver pillow
Goon bag
"Fell asleep on the silver pillow after it was empty."
Skull
Drink something in one go.
"Skull! Skull! Skull!"
Slab
A case of 24 beers.
"Grab a slab on the way?"
Stubby
A small 375ml glass bottle of beer.
"Stubby?"
Technicolour yawn
A vomit.
"Best man had a technicolour yawn on the bus."
Tinnie
A can of beer. Also a small aluminium boat.
"Taking the tinnie out?"
Tradie's laptop
The pokies. Poker machines at the pub or club.
"Down the pub, working on the tradie's laptop."
Two-pot screamer
Someone who gets drunk on very little.
"He's a two-pot screamer."
Weak as cat's piss
Weak. Usually a drink, sometimes a person or an excuse.
"Weak as cat's piss."