Australian slang starting with V

10 Aussie words and phrases beginning with V: from Valley to Vinnies.

• ValleyFortitude Valley, Brisbane's nightlife district next to the city centre; usually 'the Valley'.
• Van Diemen's LandThe name used by Europeans for Tasmania until 1856, associated especially with its history as a penal colony.
• VandemonianA person from Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), especially a convict or ex-convict from there. Dated.
• vegoA vegetarian. Also used as an adjective for vegetarian food.
• verandah over the toy shopA man's beer gut that hangs over his crotch.
• verbalOf police, to attribute a false or fabricated confession or statement to a suspect. Also a noun: 'a verbal'.
• vergeIn Western Australia, the strip of grass or garden between a property's front boundary and the road; called…
• vibe of the thingA jokingly vague appeal to the general spirit of something, in place of an actual argument; often 'it's just…
• vigoroA team game combining elements of cricket and tennis, played with a tennis-style ball and paddle-shaped…
• VinniesThe St Vincent de Paul Society, or one of its op shops.