Australian Slang: A Dictionary

A handy and entertaining little book but like most things there is room for a little improvement. Mr Tuffley shows his Brisbane origins in his definition of "Buckleys". He omits to say that it is a rhyming slang coming from Buckley & Nunn, a long defunct Melbourne department store. He omits "One Eyed" which means excessively focused on one thing (usually a particular Aussie Rules football team, here in Melbourne anyway). During a visit by President Obama, our then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard used the phrase in conversation with the President. He was very taken with it and thought that it would be very appropriate when referring to some politicians in the US. Ain't that the truth - particularly right now ! I like this book and recommend it. I have only lived in Australia for 50 years, so I am a relatively recent arrival compared with Mr Tuffley,but I can recall using close to 90% of the words/phrases during that time. I am intrigued by the other 10%. Next month I am joining an American team volunteering in Vietnam. I am sure that they will be amused by most of the expressions in this book.

Mr. Tuffley's book is a must have for World travelers visiting a wonderful country, known universally as, the "land down under." I had the privilege to visit both Albany and Melbourne in Australia back in 1992. During that time I was a sailor onboard the USS Kinkaid, Destroyer (DD-965). This brilliant book would have a been the quintessential companion for me on my visit at that time. Outstanding, charming and quite educational. Hey Dave, remind me to buy you a VB, if I ever have the honor of meeting you at the local pub. Keep up the outstanding work and God bless you sir.

I meet up at a Sailor Moon related forum and I'm a good friend of a co-admin.The challenges with him was he lived in Australia, which is across the ocean, equator and date line.Taking into account metric measurement, his distance, the weather in the Southern Hemisphere and the fact our communiques may be delay was find, but the terms he used from time to time, meant deducing from context.Eventually, I had a chance to go through it and now everything is clearer now.I admire when I'm given the definition to Aussie slang (some of which is part of the American lexicon and phraseology).I give it 5 stars for the fact it had help a lot in clarification of born-and-bred Aussies and the slang that made their culture.

As a native Aussie I was worried this gift could be really corny, but I read it cover to cover and the sayings are spot on! So many things my Dad says that I didn’t realize were so funny until I saw them here. It’s an excellent gift for someone going to Oz, funny and is prob quite useful too!

I bought this as gift for a friend who was traveling to Australia this month. I thought it would bea short, educational, and funny way to kill time on the long air flight from the states to 'downunder.' My friend loved this book so my rating is based on his,not my, reaction to it. He startedlaughing when he first opened the book and started reading. I think he was a bit surprised thattwo countries which claim the English language could be so different. I can't wait to buy him asimilar book when he travels to England. WR

This is a plain, basic "guide." It doesn't bill itself as a "dictionary" so don't expect too much detail. It won't offer special business terms or definitive sports slang but it is useful. I wanted something cheap on my Kindle to help as I read a Cliff Hardy (the Aussie Philip Marlowe) mystery. For the most part it worked well, but there were a handful of words where I could find no explanation, but going online usually was successful with those.

Good gag Christmas gift for my American boyfriends my parents!

Bought as a going away gift for someone relocating to Australia from the US.

I once possessed a copy of "Let's talk Strain" but, sadly, it is lost. I hoped that this one, "Australian Slang" might replace it but I am very disappointed. It has a high percentage of simple cockney rhyming slang and the other entries are very tame compared with the ones in Let's Talk... I can't recommend it.

bought for a friend who found it useful,Fairly straightforward and easy to read

Good

Die Ware war sehr gut verpackt und ist in einwandfreiem Zustand angekommen. Vielen Dank !Das Buch gefällt mir sehr. Ich habe auf Anhieb viele Redewendungen und Wörter gefunden. Schade,dass es nicht noch etwas dicker ist.

Book arrived very quickly and was great, enjoyed reading it.would definitely buy from the person again.Was in touch with the author to let him know how enjoyable the book was