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| Babbling brook | crook (rhyming slang) submitted by Alan Blakey |
| Back blocks | beyond suburbia |
| Back door Bandit | male homosexual |
| Back hander | to hit someone; a bribe |
| Back of Bourke | the middle of nowhere, or a remote area of Australia |
| Back of beyond | as far into the outback as you can get |
| Bag | a lady who is not particularly pleasant/attractive |
| Bag of fruit | suit (rhyming slang) |
| Bag of strife | wife (rhyming slang) |
| Bagged someone | criticised or put someone down |
| Bags | a way of asking to be next ie. Bags I go next! |
| rough as Bags | Someone unpleasant to look at |
| Bail out | leave |
| Bail up | hold up; rob; earbash |
| Bald as a Bandicoot | bald headed |
| Ball bearing mousetrap | ungelded male cat submitted by Alan Blakey |
| Ball and chain | wife |
| Ball tearer | something great ie. We had a ball tearer of a time! |
| Balls up | terrible mistake |
| Banana bender | someone who lives in Queensland, Australia |
| Banana Republic | Queensland - a state of Australia |
| Bananas | someone going crazy with anger |
| like a Bandicoot on a burnt ridge | All alone |
| Bangs | fucks |
| Banged up | pregnant |
| Bangs like a dunny door | fucks alot |
| Bang on | dead right! |
| won't have a Bar of him/her | will have nothing to do with that person |
| Bar flies | people who frequent a bar or pub |
| Barbie; Barby; BBQ (Barbeque) | a cook out, many people get together for a 'Barbie' in the warmer months |
| Barcoo rot | festering skin disease, something like tinia |
| Barley! | word used to call for a truce |
| Barney | a fight or scuffle |
| Barrack | to spur your team or sport on |
| Barrack for | voice support for a team |
| give it a Bash | give it a go; try something new |
| Bashing your brains out | studying or thinking hard |
| Basket case | someone on the edge of mental collapse |
| Bastard | illegitimate; mean; great person (usually male) eg. G'day, you old bastard! (friendly greeting) He's a mean bastard! (unpleasant; despicable) He's as happy as a bastard on Father's Day! (depressed) |
| Bathers | swimming costume |
| Battle axe | wife or mother in law |
| Battler | someone that works hard for their money |
| Bats | crazy |
| Beak | your nose |
| Beanie | ski hat |
| spearing the Bearded clam | having sex |
| Beating around the bush | not getting to the point on a subject |
| Beaut | expression of approval or extremely good |
| Beauty! | exclamation of approval |
| Beef bayonet | penis |
| Beef to the ankles | very fat person |
| Beer gut | fat stomach on a man from drinking too much beer |
| Bees knees | the best or the greatest |
| Beg yours? | sorry, what did you say? |
| give someone a Bell | call someone on the phone |
| Belly flop | diving into water and hitting belly first OUCH! |
| Belly full of bones | Pregnant Submitted by K Byrnes |
| Belt up! | shutup!; you are asked to stop talking or be quiet in an angry way |
| Bend the elbow | drink alcohol  |
| Berko | angry in an unreasonable way; absolutely furious; totally crazy |
| Best thing since sliced bread | really good, excellent, fantastic, beyond compare submitted by Stella |
| Bet Your Boots on It! | dead certainty |
| Better half | your wife |
| Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick
(or a slap in the face with a wet fish!) |
things could be worse! |
| keep your Bib on | don't get overexcited |
| stick your Bib in | interfere where you're not wanted |
| Bible Basher | religious fanatic who doorknocks |
| Bickie | money eg. he earns big bickies |
| Big Bickies | large sum of money |
| too Big for his Boots | someone who is up himself, thinks they are better than anyone else |
| Big deal | something serious, important or noteworthy; or exclamation of scorn, cynicism or contempt eg. Oh Big Deal! |
| Big girls blouse | a wimpish male |
| the Big Island | what Tasmanians called Australia's mainland |
| Big note yourself | to say you are better or more important than you are - this doesn't go down well in Australia |
| Big smoke | the city |
| town Bike | woman of loose morals; female who would be ridden by anyone |
| Billabong | a waterhole |
| sharp as a Billiard Ball | unintelligent person |
| Billy Lids | kids (rhyming slang) |
Billy
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used for making tea in, usually over a campfire |
| put the Billy on | put the kettle on; boil the jug for a cuppa |
| Billy cart | a go-kart of a kids construction |
| Bindie-eye | prickle; nettle found in the grass |
| Bingle | minor car accident |
| Biscuit | Australian version of the cookie |
| Bit of alright! | attractive, promising - ie. Wow she's a bit of alright! |
| Bit more choke and ya woulda started! | said in jest to someone who has farted loudly |
| a Bit rough | unfair; unjust eg. God thats a bit rough! |
| a Bit thick | said of someone you think is stupid eg. he's a bit thick |
| Bite your Bum! | shutup! or get lost |
| to put the Bite on someone | ask someone for money - forcefully sometimes |
| Bitser | mongrel |
| Black hole of Calcutta | very dark - eg. its like the black hole of Calcutta in here! |
| Black stump |  non existent place in the remote outback eg. beyond the black stump |
| Bleeder | fellow; person; bloke |
| Bleeding oath! | expression of unqualified agreement - more polite version of Bloody oath! |
| even Blind Freddy could see that! | what someone would say to you if they are telling you something really obvious or well known |
| Blimey! | you are surprised by something |
| Block | your head |
| do your Block | loose your temper |
| Bloke | Australian male |
| like a Bloke with boils on his arse | a bad tempered male |
| your Bloods worth Bottling | someone has done something great for you |
| Bloody | the great Australian adjective |
| Bloody oath | expression of unqualified agreement |
| Bloody oath I do | "yes!!" you really approve of what someone is saying |
| it's a Bloody Brothel | pigsty, very big mess submitted by Kim Nesbitt |
| Blotto | totally blind drunk |
| Blow through | leave in a hurry |
| on the Blower | on the phone |
| Blowies | 
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| Blow In | stranger in town; newcomer |
| Blow your dough | spend all your money |
| Bludge | to do nothing at all; to borrow |
| Bludger | someone who fails to do anything at all they are asked (lazy); or borrows things |
| Blue | nickname for a redhead; or a fight eg. me and the missus had a blue |
| Blue arsed fly | running around getting nowhere - ie. I'm running around like a blue arsed fly! |
| Blue Heeler | country policeman or policewoman |
| Bluey |  summons issued by police; cattle dog; rolled up blanket
(as used by a swagman) |
| Blunter than a nun's cunt | extremely truthful to the point of rudeness |
| Bob's your uncle | you just understood something that at first you did not not understand; or everything is great |
| Bodgie | bad work; inferior job done; cheap and nasty |
| Bog | toilet eg. off to the bog |
| to Bog in | pig out on food |
| Bollicles | testicles |
| Bolted | took off real quick; ran |
| Bombers | Parking officers |
| point the Bone | to point the finger - in Aboriginal culture pointing the bone results in death |
| Bonked! | had sex, eg. I bonked a bonzer sheila last night! |
| Bonzer | excellent |
| Boo Boo | mistake, error |
| Booby | timorous, foolish person |
| Boofhead | fool; idiot |
| Boogie Board | half-sized surf board |
| Boomer |  kangaroo |
| Boomerang | a returning throwing instrument made by the aboriginals but also something someone says when you borrow something from them to remind you to return it |
| put the Boot in | kick someone |
| Booze | Alcohol, usually beer |
| Booze Artist | heavy drinker of alcohol |
| Booze Bus | Police van used for random breath testing for alcohol |
| Boozer | heavy drinker; local pub |
| Booze up | wild party with plenty of alcohol |
| Bo-peep | sly look at something |
| Bore it up 'em! | give them a thrashing (team sports) |
| Bore the pants off someone | bore them excessively |
| Bosker | excellent |
| Boss cocky | person in charge |
| were you Born in a tent? | said to someone who forgets to close doors behind them |
| Bot | to borrow, especially cigarettes and liquor |
| Bottler | person, thing or event of outstanding merit |
| Bottoms up | drinking the whole glass of something all at once (usually beer) |
| Box | protective plastic pouch cricketers wear to protect their private parts |
| BoxaBirds | box of birds, happy, chirpy, on top of the world Submitted by Clive Halliday |
| Boys in Blue | policemen |
| Brass | money |
| Brass monkey weather | extremely cold eg. freeze the balls off a brass monkey |
| Brass razoo | brass farthing, ie. small amount of money |
| Break it down! | expression of disbelief |
| Brekky | breakfast |
| Breather | short rest |
| Breeze | easy task eg. that was a breeze |
| Brickie | a bricklayer |
| Brickies cleavage | top of the buttocks shown when males wear their shorts too low ICK! |
| Brick short of a load | simple-minded |
| up and down like a Brides nightie | emotional person or something that fluctuates wildly |
| mow the Brigalow suckers | shave beard |
| Bright spark | cheerful, alert person |
| Brothel | besides the obvious it is also a term for an untidy or dirty house or place |
| would kill a Brown dog | something completely inedible |
| Brumby | wild horse |
| he's a Broken pack of Biscuits | his life looks fine, but he's a mess on the inside |
| Brown-eye | to flash ones backside; mooning |
| Buck | dollar eg. it cost 20 bucks |
| Buckley's chance | no chance at all eg. you have 3 chances! Fuck all, buckleys and none! |
| Buffer | elderly man |
| Bugalugs | a friendly endearment |
| Bugger all | doing nothing eg. doing bugger all |
| Bugger me dead! | extremely shocked at something |
| Bugger off! | go away! |
| Buggered | very tired, exhausted, extremely weary submitted by John Silby |
| go to Buggery | keep your nose out (said in a nasty way) |
| Bugle | nose |
| on the Bugle | on the nose, smelly submitted by Anon. |
| Bugs bunny | money (rhyming slang) |
| Built like a brick shithouse | a very tall, broad, well muscled person |
| Built like the side of a house | large, obese person |
| Bull; Bulldust | nonsense, rubbish |
| like a Bull at a gate | impatient person |
| Bulldust artist | a person who exaggerates or talks total nonsense |
| Bullshit | a lie |
| Bullshit artist | a liar |
| Bullamakanka | imaginary place in the outback, beyond any where |
| Bully for you! | derisive exclamation |
| Bum | backside; arse; freckle; butt; someone down on their luck and living on the street |
| Bum biter | Someone from New South Wales Submitted by Neil Johnson |
| Bummer | disappointing event |
| Bum nuts | eggs |
| Bum's rush | Feeling unwelcome or having someone in a hurry to get rid of you - eg. to be given the bum's rush Submitted by Frank Pacey |
| Bun in the oven | pregnant |
| drop your Bundle | lose control of your emotions or senses |
| Bundy | Bundaberg Rum (alcoholic drink - Bundy and Coke YUM!) |
| Bung | to put (bung another snag on the barbie mate!); broken or damaged |
| Bunghole | your mouth |
| Bunyip | mythical spirit creature from outback |
| Burke and wills | dills (rhyming slang) - one dill (or idiot) is just know as a Burke |
| Burl | a try; eg. give it a burl - give it a try |
| Burr up | get angry |
| Bush | somewhere in the country or away from the city |
| Bushed | totally exhausted |
| Bushbash | go off road in a vehicle; forcing your way through untouched bush |
| Bush lawyer | someone who gives out unqualified legal advice |
| Bush pig | ugly woman |
| Bush rangers | people that charge exhorbitant costs, ie. laywers |
| Bush telegraph | the town gossip network |
| Bush week | exclamation of derision ie. what do you think this is? bush week? meaning you aren't fooled by what they are saying |
| Bush whacker | someone from the bush |
| Busier than a one armed Sydney cab driver with the crabs | extremely busy |
| Busier than a one-armed bill poster in a gale | extremely busy |
| as Busy as a one-legged bloke in an arse-kicking competition | nothing to do; not busy at all |
| Butcher | 100 ml beer in South Australia |
| Butchers hook | look (rhyming slang) |
| Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth | watch out for the lies - a smooth talker |
| By jingos! | exclamation of wonder |
| BYO | bring your own |
| BYOE | bring your own everything |
| BYOG | bring your own grog |
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