Talk:Australiaball/@comment-146.90.151.169-20170524180145

B

B & S:Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball- a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas

Back of Bourke: a very long way away

Bail[somebody] up: to corner somebody up physically

Bail out:depart,usually angry

Banana bender:a person from Queensland

Barbie: barbecue[noun]

Barrack:to cheer on[football team etc.]

Bastard:term of endearment

Bathers:a swimming costume

Battler:somebody working hard and only just making a living

Beaut,Beauty:great,fantastic

Big Smoke:a big cit,especially Sydney or Melbourne

Big-note oneself:brag,boast

Bikkie:biscuit[also "it cost bikkies"-it was expensive

Billabong:an oxbow lake cut off by a change in the water course.Billabongs are usually formed when the course of a creek or river changes,leaving the former branch with a dead end

Billy: teapot.Container for boiling water

Bingle:motor vechile accident

Bities:biting insects

Bitzer:mongrel dog{bits of this and bits of that]

Bizzo:business["mind your own bizzo]

Black Stump, beyond the:a long way away,the back of nowhere

Bloke:A man or guy

Bloody:very[bloody hard yakka]

Bloody oath!:that's certainly true

Blow in the bag:have a breathalyser test

Blowie:black fly

Bludger:lazy person,layabout,sombody who always relies on other peope to do things or lend him things

Blue:fight["he was having a blue with his wife]

Blue,make a:make a mistake

Bluey:pack,equipment,traffic ticket,redhead/blue cattle[named after its subtle makings] which is an excellent working dog.Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog/heavy wool or felt jacket worn by mining and construction workers/bluebottle jellyfish

Bodgy:of inferior quality

Bog in:commence eating,to attack food with ethusiasm

Bog standard:basic,unadorned[a bog standard car,telephone etc.]

Bogan:person who takes little pride in his appearance,spends his day slacking and drinking beer

Bogged:Stuck in mad,deep sand[a velchicle].

Boil-over:an unexpected[sporting] result

Bondi cigar:see"brown-eyed mullet"

Bonzer:great,ripper

Boogie board:a hybrid,half-sized surf board

Boomer:a large male kangaroo

Booze bus:police velchicle used for catching drunk drivers

Boozer:a pub

Bored shitless:very bored

Bottle shop:liquor shop[originally a man with with hessian bags going around picking up beer bottles in 50's and 60's]

Bottler:something excellent

Bottling,his blood's worth:he's an excellent,helpful bloke

Bounce:a bully

Bourke Street,he doesn't know Christmas from:he's a bit slow in the head.[Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street]

Bowl of rice,not my:not my cup of tea;I don't like it

Brass razoo,he hasn't got a:he's very pool

Brekkie:Breakfast

Brick shit house,built lke a:big strong bloke

Brickie:brickslayer

Brisvegas/ Brizzie:Brisbane, capital of Queensland

Brown- eyed mullet:a turd in the sea{where you're swimming!}

Brumby:a wild horse

Buck's night:stag party,male gathering the night before the wedding

Buckley's,Buckley's chance:no chance["New Zealand stands Buckley's of beating Australua at football]

Budgie smugglers:men's bathing costume

Bull bar:a stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos[also roo bar"]

Bundy:short for Bundaberg,Queensland,and the brand of rum that's made there

Bunyip:mythical outback creature

Bush:the hinterland,the Outback,anywhere that isn't in town

Bush bash: long competitive running or motorcar race through the bush

Bush oyster:nasal mucus

Bush telly:campfire

Bushie:someone who lives in the Bush

Bushman's hanky:Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the outside of the nose[thus blocking one nostril]and blowing

Bushranger:highwayman,outlaw

Butcher:small glass of beer in South Australia-From the theory that a butcher could take a quick break from his job,have a drink and be bsck at work

BYO:unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog,also a similar part of barbecue