Colloquialism and Slang
2008 Wilkes, G.A., Stunned Mullets & Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 5th edn of Wilkes 1996, Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
2006 Matthews, Anne, A Dingo’s Breakfast: a guide
to Aussie lingo, Sydney: Hachette Livre.
2004 Hunter, Jenny, The True Blue Guide to Australian
Slang, Frenchs Forest, NSW: New Holland Publishers.
2004 Lambert, James, Macquarie Australian Slang
Dictionary, Macquarie University, NSW: Macquarie Library.
2004 Pope, David & Australian National Dictionary
Centre, Aussie English for Beginners: Book 3, Canberra: National
Museum of Australia.
2003 Pope, David & Australian National Dictionary
Centre, Aussie English for Beginners: Book 2, Canberra: National
Museum of Australia.
2003 Howey, Andrew, What’s It Like, Mate! Australian
Expressions, Ringwood, Vic.: Brolga Publishing.
2003 Spilsted, Eric, The Best of Aussie Slang,
Crows Nest, NSW: Eric Spilsted Publishing.
2002 Pope, David & Australian National Dictionary
Centre, Aussie English for Beginners, Canberra: National Museum
of Australia.
2002 Stewart, Lolla, Aussie Slang Dictionary:
easy guide to Aussie slang, Ringwood, Vic.: Brolga Publishing.
2001 Bick, Ralph, Colloquial Australian: contributions
from Yiddish, Hobart: R. Bick.
2001 Butler, Susan, The Dinkum Dictionary: the
origins of Australian words, Melbourne: Text Publishing.
1999 Dawson, Sarah, Aussie Slang, Ringwood,
Vic.: Penguin.
1998 Blackman, John, Aussie Slang: great Australian
slang and phrases explained in basic English, Sydney: Pan Macmillan.
1997 Howard, Peter, Oz Slang, Sydney: Peter
Coroneos.
1996 Johansen, Lenie, The Penguin Book of Australian
Slang: a dinkum guide to Oz, Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin [previous
edition called The Dinkum Dictionary, Ringwood, Vic.: Viking O’Neil,
1991].
1996 Wilkes, G.A., A Dictionary of Australian
Colloquialisms, 4th edn, Melbourne: Oxford University Press [first
edition 1978].
1995 Blackman, John, John Blackman’s Best of Aussie
Slang, Sydney: Sun.
1994 Treborlang, Robert, The Little Book of Aussie
Insults, Glebe, NSW: Pascal Press.
1993 Penna, Tom, Dingo’s Lingo: an ABC of an Aussie
bloke’s day, Victor Harbor, SA: T.D. & T.J. Penna.
1992 Pinkney, Maggie, Aussie Slang Dictionary,
Balwyn, Vic.: Whitehouse Publishing [previously published 1991: Balwyn,
Vic.: Five Mile Press].
1988 Blind Freddy, The Australian Dictionary of
Insults and Vulgarities, Castle Hill, NSW: Peter Antill-Rose and
Associates.
1986 Beckett, Richard (‘Crooked Mick of the Speewa’),
The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary, Sydney: Child & Henry.
1986 Bowles, Colin, G’Day! Teach Yourself Australian
in 20 Easy Lessons, Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
1986 Hudson, Bob & Larry Pickering, The First
Australian Dictionary of Vulgarities & Obscenities, French’s Forest,
NSW: Lilyfield.
1984 Meredith, John, Learn to Talk Old Jack Lang:
a handbook of Australian rhyming slang, Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo
Press.
1983 Aven-Bray, Ryan, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang,
Potts Point, NSW: The Author.
1977 Ramsay, Jim, Cop It Sweet: a dictionary of
Australian slang and common usage, Darlinghurst, NSW: Allegheney
News Service.
1967 Ward, Harvey E., Down Under without Blunder,
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle.
1965 Lauder, Afferbeck (pseud. of Alistair Morrison),
Let Stalk Strine, Sydney: Ure Smith.
1965 Culotta, Nino (pseud. of John O’Grady), Aussie
English: an explanation of the Australian idiom, Sydney: Ure Smith.
1959 Baker, Sidney J., The Drum: Australian character
and slang, Sydney: Currawong Publishing.
1943 Baker, Sidney J., A Popular Dictionary of
Australian Slang, 3rd edn, Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens.
1941 Baker, Sidney J., A Popular Dictionary of
Australian Slang, Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens.
1924 Lawson, Gilbert H., A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, Sydney: Direct Hosiery Company.
1908 Garth, John H. ‘Some Australian Slang’, Australian
Magazine, 9:2, 1249–52.
1895 Crowe, Cornelius, The Australian Slang Dictionary,
Melbourne: printed by Robert Barr.
1882 Anon., The Sydney Slang Dictionary,
Sydney: H.J. Franklin.
1819 Vaux, James Hardy, Memoirs of James Hardy
Vaux (vol. 2 contains ‘New and Comprehensive Vocabulary of the
Flash Language’), London: printed by W. Clowes.
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