14 Words That Australians See Differently To The Rest Of The World

What it means to the world: A very popular kid's doll with some hella unrealistic body proportions.

What it means to Australians: It's short for barbecue, and it's one of our nation's MOST-VALUED TRADITIONS.

What it means to the world: The base of trees that help 'em stick into the ground.

What it means to Australians: Doing the deed. Grabbing your sheila or fella, and getting down to business.

What it means to the world: Scribbling away, drawing dumb shit while not paying attention.

What it means to Australians: It's a dick. Lmao.

What it means to the world: To urinate. To expel urine from your body or to "chuck a piss" as some would say.

What it means to Australians: Piss is alcohol. You'll find most of us "on the piss" most weekends, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

What it means to the world: The skull is the bone that houses your brain and all that other good stuff in your head.

What it means to Australians: Skull or scoll, depending on who you're talking to, is pretty much chugging. Your main goal is to skull all the piss you can find.

What it means to the world: A maggot is a fly larva and is usually found in dead or dying things.

What it means to Australians: To be maggot is to be extremely fucked-up. And, well, it usually happens after you skull a bunch of piss.

What it means to the world: Cooked is the past tense of cook. "I cooked dinner for you on the barbie in me thongs" is a perfectly acceptable sentence.

What it means to Australians: You end up cooked after you consume a lot of alcohol or drugs, and it's otherwise known as being "munted". More often than not, you'll hear it followed by the word "cunt".

What it means to the world: Calling someone a cunt is usually a big insult. You're basically saying they're a terrible fucking person.

What it means to Australians: The word cunt is pretty endearing and is now just another word for "mate". Ya cunt? Nice. Sick cunt? NICE. Mad cunt? NICEEEEEEEEEEE.

What it means to the world: A g-banger. A pair of undies with minimal fabric up the back, which rides up ya crack.

What it means to Australians: They're rubber sandals. They're thongs. Get out of here with that "flip flop" nonsense.

What it means to the world: A type of enclosed shoe. We like them in Oz to warm your feet or keep 'em dry.

What it means to Australians: It's the back of your car or the "trunk" as Americans would say. It's a good place to store your piss.

What it means to the world: Pretty much another word for anger.

What it means to Australians: A major part of AUSTRALIAN CHILDHOOD, A HUB FOR ICONIC MUSIC LISTENING, EARLY IN THE MORNINGS.

What it means to the world: Yelling so it's easier to be heard by another person. Or just because you want to be a wanker. Either or.

What it means to Australians: To buy people a round of drinks or food on you. Saying, "wanna come to the pub with me, Daz? My shout", is a real simple way to drag your mate out of the house.

What it means to the world: The act of vomiting. To spew, to chunder, to hurl. All that gross stuff.

What it means to Australians: To be fucking furious, to be fuming, mad, angry, and any other emotion that means to be pissed off.

What it means to the world: Pretty much just another word for "man".

What it means to Australians: The beautiful monster with an Afro who robbed Shannon Noll in the 2004 Australian Idol final. Yep, we're still fucking spewing.