In a sign of the times, babyccino and long black are among more than 6000 new words and phrases officially recognised in the second edition of the Australian National Dictionary.
But the latest release also includes some iconic Aussie fare such as battered sav, chiko roll, dagwood dog and fairy bread.
"Carry on like a pork chop" (being silly), "couldn't run a chook raffle" (totally incompetent) and "a cup of tea, a Bex and good lie down" (Bex being a powerful painkiller) are included in the definitions and history of 16,000 words and phrases unique to Australia.
New terms for people include bogan, bronzed Aussie, bush baptist (a fictitious religious affiliation), chardonnay socialist (the middle-class equivalent of a champagne socialist), checkout chick, firie, rurosexual (a sloppy male with no concern for his appearance) and tradie.
In the world of politics, new entries are: aspirational voter, branch stacking, economic rationalism, Hawkespeak, Howard's battlers and true believer.
Other new phrases and idioms are: I don't know if I'm Arthur or Martha; your blood's worth bottling (a major compliment); do a Bradbury (to become the unlikely winner of a contest or accidentally achieve success); and straight to the pool room ( where treasured objects are kept, and derived from the movie The Castle).
Some indigenous words added are: bunji (a mate), jarjum (a baby or young child), kumanjayi (a substitute name for a person who has died), migaloo (a white person), minga (a tourist), tjukurpa (the Dreaming), yidaki (a didgeridoo).
