Australian Slangs (W/X)

W

WACA (pron. whacker) : Western Australian Cricket Association and the Perth cricket ground
Waggin' school : playing truant
Walkabout: a walk in the Outback by Aborigines that lasts for an indefinite amount of time
Walkabout, it's gone: it's lost, can't be found
Weekend warrior: army reservist
Whacker, whacka: Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have little patience; a dickhead
Whinge: complain
White pointers: topless (female) sunbathers
Whiteant (verb): to criticise something to deter somebody from buying it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate salesman might whiteant another agent's property
Wobbly: excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")
Wobbly boot on, he's got the: drunk
Wog: flu or trivial illness
Wog: person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the UK and perhaps elsewhere.
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Woop Woop: invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop"
Wowser: straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Wuss: coward; nervous person or animal



X

XXXX: pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland