Australian English dictionary

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• cactus

  adjective

  Broken, ruined or no longer working.

  My phone's cactus after I dropped it in the pool.

• cark it

  phrase

  To die or to stop working completely (informal).

  The old car finally carked it.

• chockers

  adjective

  Completely full or very crowded.

  The car park was chockers by noon.

• chuck a wobbly

  phrase

  To have an angry outburst or tantrum.

  Dad chucked a wobbly when the car broke down.

• chunder

  verb

  To vomit (informal).

  He chundered after the boat ride.

• cobber

  noundated

  An old-fashioned word for a friend or mate.

  Grandpa still calls his old friends cobber.

• cockie

  noun

  An informal word for a cockatoo, a cockroach, or a small farmer, depending on context.

  The cockies were screeching in the gum trees.

• crikey

  interjection

  An exclamation expressing surprise.

  Crikey, that's a big spider!