| 'M' |
Ma State |
New South Wales |
| Mackers |
Mc
Donald's |
| Mad as |
Many
similes are used in Australia to express ideas of silliness or stupidity, eg "mad
as a beetle"; "mad as a cut snake"; "mad as a Chinaman";
"mad as a dingbat"; "mad as a goanna"; "mad as a gumtree full of
galahs"; |
Mad
dog |
An
unpaid score at a public house |
| Mad
-get out your- |
To become incensed or angry |
| Maggoty |
Angry;
peevish; irritable |
| Mainlander |
A
person living on the Australian continent |
| Make a
box of |
To
confuse an issue |
| Make a
sale |
To
vomit |
| Mallee
bull |
A
bull from Victoria's Mallee country |
| Mallee
root |
A
prostitute |
| Man with no hands
-like a- |
Said of a mean or miserly person |
| Mana |
Power;
authority; prestige |
| Mangy |
Mean |
| Maoriland |
New
Zealand |
| Marble
-pass in one's- |
To die |
| Marjie |
Marihuana |
| Mark
-get a- |
To be
fined for allowing betting or after hours drinking |
Mark
-to- |
To geld male lambs |
| Massey
Harris |
Cheese |
Mate,
Mateship |
These words are
standard English in all the senses used in
Australia, although they are probably used more often in Australia than elsewhere. The
main Australian contribution has been in sentimentalising the terms |
| Matilda |
A
bluey or swag |
| Mazuma |
Money
that is used for betting |
| Meadow
mayonnaise |
Nonsense;
bullshit |
Merino
-pure- |
A free settler in Australia |
Message stick |
A piece of wood bearing certain cuts or marks which serves as an
aboriginal carrier's passport in hostile country. It is generally from 3
inch to 1 foot long. The formalised symbols marked on it are believed to have some "meaning" |
| Metho |
Methylated
spirits |
| Mexican |
Anyone
who lives in the state of Victoria |
| Mia
Mia |
A
small, roughly built hut or shelter |
| Micky |
A
young, unbranded steer |
| Middy |
A
glass containing 10 oz. of beer |
| Migro |
A
migrant who arrived in this country after World War II |
Milk bar |
A
small convenience store |
Mimi art |
A form of aboriginal cave painting. According to the natives it
was the work of mimi, fairy like people with long, thin bodies who are capable of
vanishing into the cracks of rocks |
| Min
Min |
Unexplained
lights, which appear in the outback at night |
|
Minda |
A stupid person |
| Miner's
right |
A
licence to dig for gold granted to a miner |
| Mintie
-without a- |
Penniless |
| Miserable
as a bandicoot |
Depressed
in spirit. Also, "miserable as a shag on a rock" |
| Missus |
Wife |
Mix it
-to- |
To fight with someone |
Mizzle
-to- |
To complain or grizzle |
Mob |
Any large number or quantity of persons, animals or things |
| Mock |
A
halfpenny |
| Mocker
on -put the- |
To
jinx; to bring bad luck to |
| Moity |
Carrying
vegetable matter other than burr |
Moleskin squatter |
A working man who has come to own a small
sheep run |
| Mollydookers |
People
who are left handed |
| Money
spinner |
A
project that makes a lot of money; a racehorse that wins consistently |
Monkey |
A sheep |
|
Monkey Blood |
Cheap red wine. |
| Month
of Sundays -as dull as a- |
Exceedingly
dull or tiresome |
Monty |
A lie |
| Moonlight
flight |
To
disappear at night from a rented property without paying the rent |
| Moosh |
Mouth |
Mopey as a wet hen |
Depressed; in low in spirits |
| Moral
-a- |
A
sure thing; a certainty |
More hair on your chest |
A phrase of general encouragement and approval, mainly used by
man to man |
| Morepork |
A
simpleton; a dull witted person |
Moreton Bay |
Any court witness who lays on information; anyone who
unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others |
| Moscow |
A
pawnshop |
| Mossie
or mozzie |
A
mosquito |
| Mote
-to- |
To
hurry; to travel rapidly |
| Motherer |
A
shepherd |
| Motser |
A
large sum of money |
Mott
-to- |
To look or stare at |
Moz
-to- |
To interrupt or hinder |
| Muck
up -to- |
To
play the goat, to play up |
| Mucking
around |
Someone
is not serious about what they are doing |
| Mud
-up to- |
No
good; worthless |
| Muffy |
A
frill necked lizard |
| Mug |
A
gullible fool |
| Mug
cop |
An
abusive term for a policeman |
Mulga |
A rumour |
| Mulga
madness |
Queerness
developed in lone bushmen |
| Mulger
-gone up the- |
To
go into the bush |
| Mullet
-look like a stunned- |
Being
in a daze |
| Mulligans |
Cards |
| Mullock |
Unwanted
spoil or rock from a mine; any loose soil or rock from an excavation; something valueless |
| Mullock
at -poke- |
To
tease; jeer at; to taunt |
| Mullock
over -to- |
To
work shoddily |
| Murrumbidgee
jam |
Brown
sugar moistened with cold tea and spread on damper |
| Murrumbidgee
waler |
A
tramp who lived on the New South Wales side of the Murrumbidgee River at a time when north
of the river was known as Sydney side and the south as Yarra side |
| Muscateer |
An
addict of muscat |
| My
king oath |
A
vulgar variant of my oath |
| My
oath |
A mild
exclamation used as a synonym for "yes" or "of course" |
| Myxo |
The
disease myxomatosis, used to kill rabbits in large numbers |
