Australian slang starting with E

45 Aussie words and phrases beginning with E: from each-way bet to eyes out.

• each-way betA hedging position that tries to keep both sides happy, especially by a politician.
• eaglehawkThe wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax, Australia's largest bird of prey.
• earbashTo talk at someone at length, nagging or boring them.
• early openerA pub licensed to open very early in the morning, traditionally serving shift workers, wharfies and market…
• Easter BilbyA chocolate bilby sold at Easter as an Australian alternative to the Easter bunny, often to raise money for…
• Easter ShowThe Sydney Royal Easter Show, a large agricultural show held each year around Easter, known for its…
• eastern brownThe eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis, a fast, highly venomous snake of eastern Australia…
• eastern rosellaA brightly coloured parrot of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania, Platycercus eximius, with a red head…
• Eastern StaterIn Western Australia, a person from one of the eastern states of Australia, especially New South Wales or…
• eat a horse and chase the jockeyUsed in 'I could eat a horse and chase the jockey': to be extremely hungry.
• echidnaA spiny, egg-laying mammal (monotreme) of Australia and New Guinea, Tachyglossus aculeatus, which feeds on…
• EFTPOSA system for paying by debit card at the point of sale; also, the card terminal itself.
• egg and baconAny of several native pea-flowered shrubs, such as those of the genera Dillwynia, Pultenaea and Daviesia…
• eggs-a-cookBoiled eggs; also used as a cry or battle cry by Australian soldiers. First World War slang. Dated.
• eggshell blondeA jocular name for a bald man.
• eightIn Australian Rules football, usually 'the eight': the top eight teams on the ladder, which qualify for the…
• eight-hour dayThe eight-hour working day, won by Melbourne stonemasons in 1856 and celebrated in Australia with marches…
• EkkaThe Royal Queensland Show, held each August in Brisbane.
• ElderIn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a respected older person who holds cultural knowledge…
• emancipistIn colonial New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, a convict who had served their sentence or been pardoned…
• Emerald CityA nickname for Sydney, suggesting glamour, wealth and ambition.
• Emma ChisitA jocular spelling of 'how much is it?' as said in a broad Australian accent; a classic example of Strine.
• emuA large flightless Australian bird, Dromaius novaehollandiae, the second-largest living bird.
• emu-bobTo walk over cleared or burnt ground picking up sticks, roots or rubbish by hand.
• emu bushAny of various inland Australian shrubs of the genus Eremophila, many with tubular flowers, whose fruits are…
• emu paradeA group of people walking in a line across an area to pick up litter, such as at a school or campsite.
• Emu WarA military operation in 1932 in which soldiers with machine-guns were sent to cull emus damaging wheat crops…
• emu-wrenA tiny Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, with a long tail of loose, filmy feathers.
• EnzedNew Zealand.
• EnzedderA New Zealander.
• eshayA member of a youth subculture known for petty crime, aggression, Nike TN sneakers, branded sportswear and a…
• eskyA portable insulated box for keeping food and drinks cold.
• esky lidA disparaging surfers' name for a bodyboarder or a bodyboard.
• euchredExhausted, done in; also, beaten or ruined.
• eugarieIn Queensland, the pipi, a small edible wedge-shaped shellfish dug from surf beaches.
• Eureka flagThe flag of a white cross and five white stars on a dark blue field, flown by the rebel miners at the Eureka…
• Eureka StockadeThe 1854 armed rebellion of gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, against the licence fee and colonial…
• euroThe common wallaroo, Osphranter robustus, a stocky kangaroo of rocky hills and ranges, especially the…
• everlastingAny of various Australian daisies with papery, long-lasting flower heads, such as those of the genera…
• exclusiveIn early colonial New South Wales, a member of the free-settler and official class who sought to exclude…
• expertIn a shearing shed, the person who looks after the shearing machinery and grinds the combs and cutters.
• expireeA convict whose sentence had expired.
• exyExpensive.
• eye filletA tender, choice cut of beef from the tenderloin, known elsewhere as tenderloin or filet mignon.
• eyes outWith all your effort; flat out. Usually in 'go eyes out'.