#AUSSlang: Australian slang (3)

Come a gutser. Arti: jatuh tersandung, gagal dalam suatu hal.
- Contoh:
  - Please be careful and slow down or you’re going to come a gutser.
Flake out. Arti: ambruk/pingsan karena mabuk atau kelelahan.
- Contoh:
  - He got so drunk that he flaked out on the couch.
Eggbeater. Arti: helicopter.
- Contoh:
  - An eggbeater crashed into a mountain in eastern Indonesia last week.
Earwig. Arti: (verb) sengaja menguping pembicaraan, (noun) orang yang menguping.
- Contoh:
  - It’s pretty impolite to earwig your parents’ conversation.
Buster. Arti: angin kencang.
- Contoh:
  - Large parts of Australia have been battered by buster for 5 hours.
Ripper (adjective) Arti: ungkapan untuk mendeskripsikan sesuatu dengan makna positif.
- Contoh:
  - Wow, she won the competition! She’s such a ripper!
Heaps. Arti: banyak, slang untuk ‘plenty’, ‘a lot’.
- Contoh:
  - His job earns heaps of money.
Ivories. Arti: gigi.
- Contoh:
  - My mom went to dentist to have a treatment for her ivories.
Sprung. Arti: terpesona, terpikat, terobsesi karena cinta.
- Contoh:
  - Although Tom has only been talking to her for 2 hours, he’s so sprung on her.
Vejjo. Arti: sebutan untuk vegetarian.
- Contoh:
  - There are many good reasons for being a vejjo.
Eyes on, hands off. Arti: boleh dilihat, tidak boleh dipegang.
- Contoh:
  - Those sapphires look so beautiful. Unfortunately, they’re kept in that glass box. Eyes on hands off.
No drama. Arti: tak perlu khawatir/tidak apa-apa, sama seperti ungkapan ‘no worries’.
- Contoh:
  - Everything will be okay, no drama.