Earbasher – someone who talks excessively; a bore
Earbashing – nagging, non-stop chatter
Earwig – eavesdropper; to eavesdrop
The better known type of earwig
Easterner – Western Australian term for someone from the Eastern States of Australia
Easy as pushing shit uphill with a toothpick – really difficult
Easy as spearing an eel with a spoon - see pushing shit uphill
Yuk !!
Eating irons - cutlery (military term)
Emu Bob/Emu Parade – a line of soldiers walking shoulder to shoulder bobbing up and down to pick up litter
Eating with the flies -eat alone, by yourself
Egg beater - a helicopter
Egg boiler - a bowler hat
Egg on - encourage
Ekka - the Brisbane Exhibition, an annual show
Ekka Day - Public holiday in Brisbane for the Ekka
Elbow grease – hard work
El cheapo - someone who is cheap
Elephant’s/elephant’s trunk - drunk (rhyming slang)
Elevenses – mid-morning tea or coffee break
Emma Chisit? - how much is that?
Emu – a relative of the Ostrich, a flightless bird now raised commercially in Australia. The meat is red, and its eggs are 10 times the size of a hen’s eggs.
Emu’s breakfast - expression that means to ‘have a drink and a good look around’
Enzed - how Australians refer to New Zealand
Esky - a portable cooler
The type of esky I grew up with…
Seriously ?? A tad too much perhaps…
Even stevens - equal chance or amount
Every bastard and his dog - absolutely everyone
Evo – evening
Eye’s on, hands off - look, but don’t touch.
Extra grouse - really good; excellent
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Related posts:
- The A of Aussie Slang
- The B of Aussie Slang
- The C of Aussie Slang
- The D of Aussie Slang
- The F of Aussie Slang
- The G of Aussie Slang
- The H of Aussie Slang
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It’s funny to see so many expressions that are the same as we have in the USA.
We have more in common than we think…but check out A to D and see if you still say that…hehehe
Well…I’ve heard elbow grease and even steven, and I know what an emu is, but I can’t say I’ve ever heard the other terms in use in the eastern U.S.
I love earbasher, though. I wonder if I can sneak it into common use here in NJ?
Oops, missed egg on – that one’s familiar too. But none of the others.
You can sure try…now go and check out the other slang post and see if there are some in there you like
I will officially be saying EARBASHER to everyone I know now
Thanks so much sharing!
You are welcome…
I am working my through the A – Z of Australian slang and having a ball (as well as learning a few things myself) as I try to educate the rest of the world.
Well I will be following for sure
cant wait to learn this slang. I’m facinated by languages.
Have you read A,B,C,D ??
Love to hear what you think of some of those.
I have and they are funny too…. so far I like E the best though,
We have some of the same slang in the U.S., like “even Stevens.”
I think there is a lot we have in common…it is the few things we don’t that are usually the fun ones…hehehe
After about a year of blogging, we should all have PHD’s in world knowledge. Thanks for sharing, I picked up quite a few little tid-bits here today.
Glad to aid in the accumulation of knowledge whenever I can.
Emma Chisit! blinking hilarious!
Bloody oath !! We Aussies are just a mob of larrikins with our kangaroos loose in the top paddock, and our humour is as dry as a Nun’s nasty, but I reckon she’ll be right mate, as we are also a bunch of wombats who don’t yabber too much
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You’re a bloody barmcake
((((hugs))))
Fair crack of the whip…I’m just a dinky-di Aussie playing silly buggers who likes to square the circle.
Bloody barmcake huh ??
Well I won’t spit the dummy over that one, ’cause crikey – I reckon you’d be right mate.
the worrying thing is I can hear it all coming out of your gob – er mouth!
True blue you’re a ripper !!!
Great post.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Holy dooly that’s bonzer mate !!!
Ear basher is my fave…perfect way to describe a bore.
You have got it in one !!!
definitely like this
i think that it is really funny how many expressions that there are that in the UK we don’t have a clue about! i think that there are so many expressions we should use here, for example emma chislet… just saying 
looking forward for f through z
Glad to hear you enjoyed these ones.
Yeah, not bad for an Easterner! Hahahaha. I think the NZ slang is hilarious too, had a chuckle at the Esky / Chilly bin. Great post.
Once i finish Aussie slang i think I will look at NZ slang…Kiwis have a language all their own.
YuK!!! to the Eel too .. and Hi Jo.. I have to admire how you put these posts together.. loved all the photo’s too.. And I maybe in for an Earbashing as I havent been around for a while.. Just that Life gets in the way of Blog land at times… So hope you are well my friend.. And take care and enjoy your weekend.. ~Sue
Blog land is great but life should never be put on hold for it.
Very educational, Jo!
I try Hook…I try.
Emma Chiset make me laugh out loud (and I am at work, so people immediately looked up at me to see what was so funny).
I bet “Esky” comes from the fact that a lot of those types of coolers are made by a company called “Eskimo” – so “esky” is probably short for that – I kinda like the one with the stereo, although you could never take it tubing with you like you could with the regular kinds. 
I love these posts. If I ever get that far south, I am going to try some of them out!
Sure hope you get this far south !!