# Australian slang question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752 "2023-02-14T03:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/1 "2023-02-14T03:10:12Z")
Can anyone tell me what this means? "as far as a weekend up the Goldie goes, I suppose it beats being glassed on the Glitter Strip by some roided up wanker with a Bintang singlet and a schnozz full of goey.” wanker and schnozz are common in the US, but the rest? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/2 "2023-02-14T03:52:30Z")
…as far as a weekend up at the Gold Coast, I suppose it beats being struck in the face with a glass or bottle, while out on the street, by a chap full of steroids wearing a Bintang beer singlet and full of amphetamines. Mind you the Gold Coast and the Glitter Strip are really synonyms. I imagine goey is meant to be cocaine from the schnozz reference, but around here it’s amphetamines of various descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/3 "2023-02-14T04:02:34Z")
"as far as a weekend up the Goldie goes, I suppose it beats being glassed on the Glitter Strip by some roided up wanker with a Bintang singlet and a schnozz full of goey.” **Goldie** = Gold Coast ie Australia’s Florida strip also referred to as the **Glitter Strip** **glassed** = thrust a broken beer glass into somebodies face **roided up** = high on steroids or other pharmaceuticals **Bintang** singlet - Indonesian brand of beer, the cheap souvenir you’d get on an alcohol fueled trip to Bali. **Schnozz** usually the nose, could also mean the head **gooey** = I’d go with drunk on cheap white wine (ie goon from flagon wine in a box) but might also be cocaine ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/4 "2023-02-14T04:13:05Z")
Of course it sounds far more lyrical and romantic with the appropriate accent. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/5 "2023-02-14T04:19:14Z")
You’d probably be right, though I’d have classed the venue for Skoolies as more biological than romantic … 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/6 "2023-02-14T13:58:22Z")
Stiffen the wombats!! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/7 "2023-02-14T15:20:25Z")
A “singlet” would usually be called something like a tank top or muscle shirt in North America. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/8 "2023-02-14T15:36:40Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > A “singlet” would usually be called something like a tank top or muscle shirt in North America Except (there’s always an “except” with language), “singlet” is also used for a sleeveless running shirt, such as a track team uniform top, in North America. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/9 "2023-02-15T01:54:29Z")
But would someone in Australia recognize a trackteam uniform singlet as a singlet? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/10 "2023-02-15T03:14:51Z")
Yes. It is used for any non-tailored, stretch fabric sleeveless top with narrow shoulder straps. I don’t know that I’d agree that “singlet” is equivalent to “muscle shirt” because the latter doesn’t have the narrow shoulder straps (I don’t think?). So to me this would not be a “singlet” [![](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rxzabllq/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/490/5235/RA_T402MS_Nat_muscle_top__81211.1390482750.jpg) ](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rxzabllq/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/490/5235/RA_T402MS_Nat_muscle_top__81211.1390482750.jpg) But this is: [![](https://media.boohoo.com/i/boohoo/bmm37294_white_xl) ](https://media.boohoo.com/i/boohoo/bmm37294_white_xl) I suspect opinions may vary. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752/11 "2023-02-15T03:22:52Z")
Bintang singlet [![](https://i.ibb.co/G9sVqNt/Bintang.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/G9sVqNt/Bintang.jpg) … and no, absolutely no, that is not being modelled by PT