Excerpts from the Dictionary of Aussie Slang...

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DOWNLOAD: get the firewood off the ute

LOG ON: make the barbie hotter

MONITOR: keep an eye on the barbie

LOG OFF: the steak's burning

FLOPPY DISC: what you get lifting too much firewood at once

WINDOW: what you shut when it's cold

BYTE: what mozzies do

BIT: what the mozzie did

MEGA BYTE: what Townsville mozzies do

SCREEN: what you keep shut in mozzie season

CHIP: a bar snack

MICRO CHIP: what's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips

MODEM: what you did to the lawns

DOT MATRIX: old Dan Matrix's wife

LAPTOP: where the cat sleeps

SOFTWARE: fluffy wool slippers

HARDWARE: steel tipped work boots

MOUSE: what eats the grain in the shed

MOUSE PAD: Place under the shed inhabited by cool mice

MAINFRAME: what holds the shed up

WEB: what spiders make

WEBSITE: the shed, under the verandah or the backyard dunny

CURSOR: the old bloke who swears a lot

SEARCH ENGINE: what you do when the ute won't go

UPGRADE: a steep hill

SERVER: the person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch

MAIL SERVER: the bloke at the pub who brings out the counter lunch

USER: the neighbour who keeps borrowing things

NETWORK: when you have to repair your fishing net

LINE: what you need to get out to fix the net

INTERNET: complicated fish net repair method

NETSCAPE: when fish manoeuvres out of reach of net

ONLINE: when you get the laundry hung out

OFFLINE: when the peg's don't hold the washing up

KEYBOARD: what you hang the car keys on

FILE: what you do to cut metal

FOLDER: what you can't do to a dead cow

IT: long haired almost human relative who can't speak English

MICROSOFT: an embarrassing occurrence fixed with viagara

HARD DISC: after it's been fixed

BROWSER: shortened form for the boss's favourite brown noser

SPREADSHEET: what you do before making the bed
 

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