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Furphy is a tall tale. It comes from a maker of water carts (Furphy & Co.) used during WWI. Soldiers would swap gossip while getting water and this sort of unreliable information became known as a 'furphy'. Cobber is another word for mate or friend. I can't believe he thought it was "cobbler", a shoe maker! He needs to hand in his Aussie Card. Sanger is never a sausage, always a sandwich. Maybe he was thinking of banger, which is less common than snag.

Clucky originally is from hens hens are clucky when they sit on their eggs

Hi Martina, You've only scratched the surface of Aussie slang words, and then there's a whole world of "Rhyming Slang" which is an older generation version of slanguage that we use. Well done to you, from another Melbourne local ;-) - Marty.

I am surprised you didn't come out with ' chucking a sickie' Great video guys. Cheers

Some of these words are generational. Hooroo, cobber, tucker and larrikin are pretty old-fashioned. I'm a Gen Xer, and I never say them. Haven't heard dropkick for a while but I'm glad it's still in use. And OMG, the number of ppl who'll watch this video and think dropbears are real 😅

Cobber is a v oldfashioned word meaning close mate, friend, especially when facing trouble together. It was used greatly in 1st and 2nd world war. Especially the 1st.

Clucky is based off women “nesting” in preparation for a kid. It also lines up with “hen dos” or “hen’s parties”, which are our names for bachelorette parties.

Drop bears all around me up there in my trees. Try not to go outside of a night time, in case they drop on me. Sharp claws they have and very loud screams. True story 🤣

A cobber is a friend, can be used casually or personally ,depending how much beer you have drunk.

I also feel people need to know that almost every state has different slang that others don't have... most slang is indeed shared across the country but I know here in SA we have a lot of these or different variations for some of these slang words

Cobber means friend or mate. Don't hear it much anymore, also a lot of traditional Aussie slang and colloquialisms have disappeared from everyday use. I noticed this when I returned to Australia after living in the UK and US for 27 years. Interestingly though the word "tradie" is a relatively new word. I worked for a building supplies wholesaler before I left for overseas and came into contact with tradespeople thousands of times and never once heard the word used. Chippy and Sparky were the most common. I can't remember a slang term being used for plumbers though.

Haha great video! Funny story about drop bears 😂 My husband moved to Melbourne from NZ when he was a kid. In school they told him about drop bears and to avoid walking under trees 😂 So he would run home from school on the road every day because he was scared the bears would drop from the tree and attack him 😂 Also - I’m Aussie, heard cobber but never used it (more bush slang) Cobbler is the one who fixes ur shoes and cuts ur keys 🤩

These kind of videos are very helpful especially for us whose English is second or even third 🇦🇺

The ones he is not getting are ones that were used by older generations, cobber (Mate).

The C word is one of the most common and universal slang words in the Australian vernacular. It can be used as a compliment, a form of abuse or as a way of drawing attention to someone doing something silly - " oi, have a look at this c**t!"

When Burger King wanted to come to Australia, a hamburger place in South Australia already had trademarked the name Burger King for Australia. That's way the name Hungry Jack's, or HJs was used instead

Many of our slang words vary depending on whether you live in the city, or country, and which State you come from. Never heard 'devo' growing up, but cobber was always used. I grew up in country QLD. Sanger is a sandwich, and never heard of Furphy until I moved to Melbourne (mostly used in VIC and NSW).

Scott the King of Slang 😂

You're a fairdinkum pearls. Love the Aussie slang, not used used so much any more. I've just turned 60 and still use a fair bit of slang, to me it just comes out natural. I use Sheila's, Tucker, FAIRDINKUM, pearla, pissa, stubbie, long neck, pineapple $50, redback $20, blue tongue $10, and a few more all the time! Gotta love Stralya!

Nice video. I will wait for your next vlog on Aussie movies/ shows recommendation

Cobber is an old country saying that means the same as mate. "G'day mate", "G'day cobber". A person that repairs shoes is a Cobbler. "Lappy" = never heard of it.

no worries (can mean: thanks for wasting my time! or happy to help... depending on context)

A Furphy is a rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd. The origin of" Telling a Furphy" came from the name stamped or painted on water and sanitary carts that were manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton in Victoria, and used during the 1st World War. They became popular as a place where soldiers gathered for drinks and filling up their water canteens and they would exchange gossip and rumours of what they had heard was happening. Similar to gossiping around the photocopier in an office in modern time.

Good content👍I appreciate the effort

Lots of these videos highlight how we shorten words. However, we also lengthen short words. For example, my eldest daughter is Kim but referred to by her siblings as Kimmy. Could probs come up with a few more examples but to shit faced to give a rats. Analise that. Haha. Good video, one of the better ones I've seen on this topic. Cobber is or also was a hard caramel lollie with a chocolate coating. Mate, if you like this kinda stuff have a look at some rhyming Aussie slang. Eg; dogs eye- meat pie, Captain Cook-have a look, Butchers hook-crook, rubbidy dub-pub, frog and toad-road, trouble and strife-wife and so on and so forth. Dead horse- tomato sauce. Also try some Aussie vernacular like " I was so stuffed after that feed I was as full as a doctors wallet. I'm only 62 talk to some really old Aussies and keep our real slang alive.

Thank you so much! Very helpful

Unfortunately there are no drop bears left in the wild because the dingaroos ate their babies. Dingaroos are like a bouncing dingo with a kangaroos lower body and rear legs which predate on the young of many species. Can usually be found hiding behind tall grass near camp sites or seeking refuge inside tents at night. Occasionally a few follow the scent of grey nomad caravaners and have now populated all areas drop bears were present and eliminated any mythical species rival, similar to how drop bears eradicated hoop snakes, which were originally spring snakes environment. So there you go, true as fiction.

G'day mate I really enjoyed this vid

Cobber is a friend or mate.Your guest is confusing Cobbler with cobber.

'Clucky', certainly refers to women who are thinking about a baby. It's older Australian and I think it comes from a time when a lot of families would have a few 'chooks', hens in the backyard. Chooks after they have laid an egg, will often make a bit of a racket and prance around in celebration. This has been transferred to women who are obviously preparing to have a family. All the best, you are doing well.

Furphy is what he told you about the beer brand, see he really did know, he was demonstrating it 🤣 Yeah you really do need the be careful of the drop bears, they get bigger the further north you go, I think it's cause they get more bundy and coke further north (that's probably what causes them to attack 🤣) And Furphy's can be deliberate 👍

Really good and funny video! Didn’t know most of the words. Thank you!!

Very useful video Tini! If don't you mind I'm going to add more Australian slangs in order to complete the list. I need to know it because I arrive in July. Here there are: - Aggro: aggressive or angry. - Bickie: biscuit. - Bloke: man or guy. - Chewy: chewing gum. - Digger: soldier. - Deli: delicatessen. - G'day mate: kindergarten. - Kindy or lingo: language. - Op shop: opportunity stores. - Pokies: poker machine. - Postie: postman. - Roo: kangaroo. - Smoko: smoke break. - Ta: thank you. - Typo: typing error. Ask Scott if he knows them haha. See you in the next video! 🙋‍♂

Loved it!! You did leave out one of my faves though . No wuckin forries! 😂

Ya both good cobbars I certainly like blokes and Sheila's that produces great content that I enjoy

Co Cobber is used quite alot in Australia. Mate etc.

Hola, los mushies significa psicodélicos. Fue un vidéo muy divertido..😊

I concur with @jw about the origin of Furphy. Side note, Joseph Furphy used the pen-name Tom Collins when he wrote his book ‘Such is Life’. Back then a Tom Collins was an outrageous story - what we might call a ‘furphy’ today.

A snag is definitely a sausage, but can also be a "good catch" either of fishing or romancing [How did he manage to snag HER??"]. Less common is Sensitive New Age Guy but these don't breed easily and tend to be much less popular than Macho Gnarly Surfer Dudes. Another example of creeping Americanisation.

I use Cobber regularly… Its generally something an ‘older’ Australian would use (I’m 62)

never heard of *_devo_* and I remember when grouse was part of the common vernacular

Thanks

Ha Ha, that pause before tell his missus He didn't knoe what a Lappy was?

You know, I was surprised that most Americans don't know "to whinge", and "to sook". It took me so long to explain, to few Americans, cuz to explain whinge, you need to know sook, and vice-versa.

Yes have heard of cobber also tubber neckers can be people in a tourist busses.

Furphy comes from John Furphy (1842 - 1920), a blacksmith who mainly worked in Shepparton in what is now the state of Victoria. He is best known for making large, horse drawn, cylindrical water carts. These carts gained particular fame with their use in WW1. The story I heard was that soldiers would refer to a drink as a furphy if it contained no alcohol, because the water from Furphy's carts contained no alcohol. Thus implying it was not a real drink, saying things like, "It was just a furphy". The term then went on to be used for anything that wasn't genuine or was misleading. (I have more recently heard other explanations for how "furphy" acquired that meaning). I do use the word occasionally. There is a Furphy Museum in Shepparton and you'll see an original Furphy water cart in other museums at times.

U both look adorable together..😅

I think the drop bear was started by the Bundaberg ad.

Nowadays, Furphy IS a craft beer made in Geelong. In WW!, thousands of Aussie soldiers lived and trained in temporary tent camps in SE Australia. Water carts from J Furphy & sons went from camp to camp and men would chat as they drew water and the Furphy carters may have embroidered some of those stories camp to camp. Consequently the stories were rarely reliable and from then on, including Gallipoli and Europe, any fanciful tale could be dismissed as a "furphy". So, not an outright lie as much as a wild tale.

I find it that Whoop Whoop is pretty cute 😂

Keep an eye out for the hoop snakes. Just as dangerous as the drop bears.

i think Martina's better at Aussie slang than Scott!

Hes' thinking of a cobbler that fixes shoes. Cobber is your mate.

thingo is thingy bob

Hi thank you

"Mushies... yes" 😂

Cobber is a very old slang term, probably from the turn of the 20th century, the word for a shoe maker/repairer is a cobbler, 😂.

Cobber means friend, pal, buddy, mate. A cobbler repairs shoes.

Cobber is old school mate, mate.

I still can't decide if Drop Bears are real or if this is a prank the entire country decided to play on newcomers. Like in the Boy Scouts, when they send the new kid around to other campsites looking for a "Bacon Spreader," or the infamous "Snipe Hunt."

This could be the reason why a lot of immigrants with Australian PR, have left Australia for USA or Canada or UK.

Banga's are Sausages. A Banga Sanga, is a Sausage Sandwich. We also have Banga's and Mash. - Sausages, Mashed Potato and Gravy... mmmmmm!

Cobber is like Mate. "hey, Cobber"

Lappy can also mean a lap dance

Forgot about the hoop snake. That bastard will chase you.

you dont slop on a hat ya goose, its slip on a shirt, slap on a hat and slop on some sun screen

In 1995, I wanted to leave Canada and either move to Argentina or Australia. Both are great places. Australia is 1st World, Argentina was 1st World, now reduced to 3rd World, but if you are rich, then it does not matter either way. Bruce Chatwin understood this with "In Patagonia" and "The Songlines". I am from Canada. If you want to laugh at my country, laugh at Justin Trudeau, or laugh at the silly "Québécois'' hillbilly French. Either way, I am not attached to my country in a patriotic way. I am lucky to live here. I was born here. This is not any achievement of mine, though. I was just born here. I am grateful for this, but it is not my personal achievement. God Bless.

The one not mentioned is dinki di, if something is dinki di it's true blue, or if someone says what he says is dinki di, he professes that it is fair dinkum.

goodonya cobber

Cobber is the same as mate and can be shortened to Cob

Language and slang is always evolving. You won't hear older Australians using slang like "devo". Likewise, you won't hear younger Australians using slang like "cobber" which is rather anachronistic now.

He's sooo handsome

Exy.. and my nickname is Axie. 😅😅😅

A COBBLER makes or repairs shoes. A COBBER = "mate" or "best mate" but the term was most often used in WW1 and is dying out of the language. Another is "brass razoo" as in "I don't have a brass razoo" = broke, "skint", penniless. Probably originated in France in WW1, when Aussies missheard the least valuable French coin, the "sou" which was, of course, made of brass.

I doubt we use most of these words anymore. Other than we do shorten everything

Cobber is a mate good friend where as a cobbler is the shoe maker

waiting for a video which would make us more understand through Australian tv shows, their likes/dislikes, fav music band etc.. somethings which will stay alive in Australia.

Interesting thing is it is a living feedback loop. Good examples are - cobber old school probably genuinely used up until 1950s/60s or earlier. Now just Mate. Possible regional differences in the terms. Whereas, "Yeah Nah", meaning the previous generations yes (yeah) and no (na) (which I believe think are just my or slightly early generations lazy yes and no, originally, separate and distinct) were combined to demonstrate a non-committed yes that means no, but now evolving into a softer or considered and playful - fake yes but really no. I am going out on a limb to say only since 1990s/2000s. In general, simpler and shortening. Although one view not discussed was the use of opposites, for want of a better explanation. For example the kids cartoon Bluey. For the blue catttle dog. However, traditionally speaking, I would have liked to have seen bluey be the red cattledog. As bluey is a nickname for red heads. Now replaced by more common ranga, or ginga. I will always remember that as a child my grandfather's names for his friends, where not only shorter versions but other types like - bluey, chooka. Like a church or a bar. Every town or street would have had a bluey or a chook/a, or a shorty (for someone who was very tall) . Simple shortenings are replacing the older cockney or Irish and Scottish or other cultural creative catalysts. Not bad or good. just changes. Sorry, I have Covid and I am extremely over it and bored to death.

how about a ' Bleeding Dog's Eye" ......... Pie with Sauce

A Cobber, is not Australian slang, it's Pommie (English) slang, but there you go, more Aussie slang for your collection, the word Pommie is Australian slang for someone who's English, it's because they turn the colour of a pomegranate in the Australian weather (not enough slip slop slap)

Cobber is really obsolete these days. It’s been replaced almost completely by ‘mate’. We used to have these little lollies of hard caramel, coated with milk chocolate, which are called Mates. I’m old enough to remember when they were called Cobbers. Cobbler is the shoe repairer or maker. And if you get told you’re talking cobblers…that’s from rhyming slang for Cobblers’ Awls (balls)…the awl being a cobbler’s tool. Surprised he didn’t know Yakka for work. There was a brand of work clothes called Hard Yakka, and I do remember an ad where the refrain was Hard Yakka, although I feel that was an ad for beer, working up a sweat and needing a beer…probably VB or another CUB beer. Beer ads were always state-based. Victoria and Southern NSW was CUB (Carlton and United Breweries) which was based on the northern edge of the Melbourne CBD, at the top of Swanston St. That whole beer monopoly is long gone now with boutique beers and breweries taking over. And no-one in Australia drinks Foster’s (another CUB beer) - well, very few do.

Chuckle, the yella belly drop bear...

Cobber is very old word. But, yes friend.

"sweet as" is kiwi.... sweet as bro......

Furphy = misleading. It’s a furphy. Maybe like a red herring

Cobber a term forMate/Friend but stopped being used in the 60's

OMG 😱Drop bears... Their bloody terrifying Mate

Clucky is when maternal instincts cut in.

you were correct with the furphy it is an old term meaning a lie or not true story

Cobbler fixes shoes 👞 👟

Geez, I went down the Booza the other day with old mate Chooka and blew the top of a few frothies, when it was his Wally Grout the bastard shot through, guess he has short arms and deep pockets and wouldn't shout if a dog bit him

Cobber means mate (friend) (Drop Bears are a Myth - no such animal exists in Australia) (Aussies - Australians) when they talk about The Drop Bears are: "having A Lend Of Ya" - which basically means they are Joking around. "Aussies are top pranksters" - meaning they love joking or playing jokes on others but in a nice/funny way. "Shiver Me Timbers" basically means " Oh Shit" -, like if you see a spider on the toilet seat right before you sit down . Spidie or spidey - Means spider. "No Friggin' Way mate" - means "NO" "Too Right Mate" - Means i agree or yes.

Cobber = antiquated slang for mate.

Gnarly doesn't mean good, it means challenging or difficult. Bogan is a derogatory terms for someone who is uncouth. Yeah Nah means no, not um. Unfortunately, the young people don't use the slang as much.

Gnarly does not mean good... Id define it more as 'intense'. that waves gnarly, that injury is gnarly, etc etc etc

A cobbler fixes shoes 🤦🏻‍♀️ A cobber is your mate. Are you sure that guy is Aussie? 😂

Sanga is a sandwich, not a sausage which is a snag

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