--- title: Margot Robbie Explains Aussie Slang Words description: Watch the 'Tarzan' actress define 50 wacky Australian slang terms in under four minutes, teaching us the best of Down Under vocabulary. canonical: https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-06T15:13:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:05.559Z og:title: Margot Robbie Is the Aussie Slang Translator of Your Dreams og:description: Watch the 'Tarzan' actress define 50 Australian slang terms in under 4 minutes. og:url: https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Margot Robbie Is the Aussie Slang Translator of Your Dreams twitter:description: Watch the 'Tarzan' actress define 50 Australian slang terms in under 4 minutes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Margot Robbie Is the Aussie Slang Translator We've Always Wanted  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 6, 2016 3:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 6, 2016 3:13 PM UTC [Margot Robbie](http://time.com/4276753/legend-of-tarzan-margot-robbie-alexander-skarsgard/?iid=sr-link1) is great at explaining things. Exhibit A: her cameo in the [_The Big Short_](http://time.com/4229288/big-short-true-crisis-wall-street/?iid=sr-link2), in which she manages to break down the intricacies of complex [finance concepts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anSPG0TPf84). Exhibit B: this helpful video from[ _Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/07/margot-robbie-australian-slang-terms), in which a beachside Robbie takes the time to translate 50 Australian slang terms into plain old English. (Spoiler alert: even the native Aussie is stumped by some of the weirder terms that her countrymen use. “Doovalacky,” anyone?) In under four minutes, you can learn the proper way to use fun phrases like “fair dinkum” (“far out”) and “pash rash” (“when you kiss too much and your face is all red, you’ve got pash rash,” Robbie says). Turns out Aussie slang is heavy on the insults and terms to describe beers, parties and bathroom activity. Naturally. Also to note: “thong” and “fanny” have some rather different meanings Down Under. So next time you chuck a sickie to hit up the bottle-o in your ute for a tinny, you can explain your whereabouts to your unenlightened American friends while maintaining that Aussie mystery about your activities. Accent not included. Thanks, Margot! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/"},"headline":"Margot Robbie Is the Aussie Slang Translator We've Always Wanted","datePublished":"2016-07-06T15:13:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:05.559Z","description":"Good on ya, Margot!","url":"https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4394682/margot-robbie-aussie-slang/","name":"Margot Robbie Is the Aussie Slang Translator We've Always Wanted"}}]}] ```