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| WORD OR PHRASE | M E A N I N G |
| Backchat | Answering back impertinently |
| Back O'beyond | Any Remote area of the outback |
| Back O'bourke | An outback town that does exist, where is it? Back O'beyond somewhere |
| Bag | Very unattractive woman |
| the old Bag | Affectionate term for your wife or mother |
| I go next Bags | Desire to be next in line next for something |
| Rough as Bags | Untidy, uncouth, unattractive |
| Bald as a Bandicoot | No hair, Very bald person |
| Balls-up | When something goes terribly wrong |
| Ball-tearer | Something really exciting |
| Banana bender | Inhabitant of Queensland |
| Bannanaland | Where the banana benders come from silly |
| Banged-up (up the duff) | She is pregnant |
| Bang-on | Exactly right |
| Bangs like a dunny door | Nymphomaniac |
| Wouldn't have a bar of it | Having nothing to do with it |
| Barbie (barbecue) | A meal cooked outside on a fire or hotplate |
| Barge-into | To interrupt a conversation or arrive unannounced |
| Barney | A fight or disagreement. (Nothing to do with the flintstones) |
| Bash (1) | A party or celebration |
| Bash (2) | To attack verbally or physically |
| to give it a Bash | To try one's hand at something |
| Basket case | On the brink of mental exhaustion |
| Bat | Ugly old woman ie - she's an old bat |
| Bat an Ball | To walk off or leave disgruntled |
| Bathers | Swimming Trunks |
| Battlers | Hard working people (like us) |
| B.B.Q | Abbreviation of barbecue |
| Beak | Your nose |
| Beauty | Exclamation of delight |
| give ya Bell | To phone you up |
| Belt | To punch someone or something |
| Better half | Your wife |
| Big note | To brag about yourself |
| Bikkie | Biscuit |
| Billy | A tin can used to boil water over an open fire |
| Bingle | A car smash |
| Bitzer | A dog of mixed breeds |
| Black stump | A non Existent part of Australia in the middle of nowhere |
| Blimey | An exclamation of Amazement |
| Bloke | Your average Aussie male |
| Bloody | Used to express Approval or Disapproval |
| Blow in | Unexpected visitor |
| Bludge | Lazy (not do any work) |
| Blue-arsed fly | Running around madly achieving nothing |
| Bluey (swag) | Rolled up blanket containing a bushmens possessions |
| Bob's your uncle | You totally comprehend |
| Bodgie | Anything dubious in quality or origin |
| Bollocks | To curse or swear |
| Bolted | To have run |
| Bomb | Any old car that barely runs |
| Bonzer | Anything very pleasing |
| Boofhead | An idiot |
| Boot (1) | To lose your job |
| Boot (2) | The trunk of the car |
| Booze bus | Police vehicle used for random breath testing for alcohol |
| Boozer (1) | The local hotel |
| Boozer (2) | A person who drinks a lot |
| Booz up | A drunken revel |
| Boss cocky | The person in charge |
| Bottler | Expression of delight |
| Brekkie | Morning meal (breakfast) |
| Bugger off | Your company is no longer required |
| Bull | Anyone talking a load of rubbish |
| Bullet | To lose your job |
| Bum (1) | Vagrant |
| Bum (2) | To beg |
| Bum (3) | Your posterior |
| Burglar | Thief |
| to give it a Burl | Give something a go |
| Bushed (1) | Extremely lost |
| Bushed (2) | Very Tired or worn out |
| Bushie | Anyone from out of town |
| Bush telegraph | Word of mouth (through the grapevine) |
| Bushwhacker | Another rural type of person |
| Bye bye | Good-bye |
| B.Y.O | Bring your Own liquor |
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