This page gathers the 38 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Australian” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- apples adj Nice, fine.
- blue adj Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
- blue-eyed boy noun The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).
- boat noun The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
- branch stacking noun The recruitment of members for a branch of a political party in order to influence the outcome of internal preselections of candidates for…
- cack verb To laugh.
- china plate noun A mate.
- crossbench noun The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official…
- crossbencher noun A member of a legislature who belongs to a political party or coalition that is not in government or official opposition (the largest party…
- Dorothy Dixer noun A question asked of a minister by a member of their own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work…
- faceless man noun Someone who is not elected to political office, but exerts power over political affairs from behind the scenes.
- go verb To attack.
- golly noun Chewing gum.
- greenie noun A member of the Australian Greens.
- Harold Holt noun A sudden departure.
- jewel in the Liberal crown noun Any state where the Liberal Party has a large supporter base (currently used to refer to Queensland and Tasmania).
- laborite noun a member or supporter of the Australian Labor Party, a centre-left political party of Australia.
- lib noun A member of the Liberal Party of Australia.
- liberal noun A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.
- men in blue ties noun The men of the Liberal party and their background lobbyists, particularly with regard to women's issues.
- Menzian adj In the style or manner of former Australian centre-right politician and Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, the founder of the Liberal Party.
- minor noun Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
- nat noun A member or supporter of the Australian National Party.
- national noun A member of the National Party
- octodecillion num 10⁵⁷.
- off-centre adj Displaced from the centre.
- pov adj Poor; impoverished; cheap.
- quadrillion num A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
- quintillion num A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸; one million million million.
- scotch verb To rape.
- septic tank noun A Yank (an American person).
- shame adj Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention.
- small-l liberal noun A person who is a member of, or associated with, the Moderate (centrist) faction of the Liberal Party of Australia.
- spill noun A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- stacks on the mill noun Synonym of dogpile.
- teal independent noun An independent politician who espouses environmentally and socially progressive but economically conservative ideas, especially in the…
- wipe up verb To dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.
- wombat trail noun The rural campaign trail, particularly with reference to the National Party.