Backpacker’s Aussie slang lesson request labelled a ploy to get women

A backpacker in Sydney has been roasted online after posting a request for help with understanding Australian slang words.

A backpacker in Australia has been roasted online after posting a request for help with understanding the local lingo.

Alex Grudev, who has lived in Sydney for five years, took his appeal to Facebook after apparently still finding Australian slang a struggle to decipher.

“Girls I am looking for how teach me Australian slang (sic),” the backpacker wrote.

“I have been living in Sydney for five years but still don’t know.

“I’d appreciate it and in return, spending a great time to have a coffee or a glass of wine.”

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Alex Grudev asked for help in understanding Aussie slang.

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Hundreds of people replied to Mr Grudev’s post – but many saw straight through his request, suggesting it was more of a ploy to get dates than a genuine appeal for help.

“Don’t wanna learn from men? They’re the ones that speak fluent slang,” someone posted.

“Might wanna change your marketing then … Girls typically don’t drink BS.”

Others took the opportunity to showcase some choice Aussie words and phrases in their reply.

“Turn it up champ, even blind man Freddie can see ya just tryna pick up sheilas with that p*ss poor excuse of a reason here ey,” someone wrote.

“Learn slang from birds … fair share of the sauce bottle mate!”

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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd brought the phrase, ‘Fair shake of the sauce bottle,’ back into the spotlight.

It’s not just the local parlance expats in Australia have found it difficult to wrap their heads around.

Late last year a British woman shared all the things she found baffling about life in Australia since she moved to Brisbane.

Jordana Milward, 34, said she found it strange that Aussies seemed to have no concept of vast distance and tended to obey rules more than her fellow Brits.

“In the UK, if you go over to a friend’s house for a cup of coffee, it’s like a 10, 15-minute drive max,” she said.

“Whereas here, if someone’s like, ‘Wanna pop over for a coffee?’ it could be, like, an hour’s drive.

“Because Australia is so big, distance is not a thing that worries people.”

An American expat recently shared a similar list in her own series of videos on TikTok.

Kaymie Wuerfel left her home in Clearwater, Florida for Sydney in January after marrying her Australian partner.

Many foreigners find themselves baffled by the Australian use of the term thongs.

She’s found plenty of differences between the way Aussies live compared to the US – including some new discoveries she’s grateful for.

“Number one is payWave. I’ve never seen this used in the US and Australia is the first place I’ve ever seen it,” she said.

She also said Americans didn’t have switches on power outlets and nowhere in America had she seen her new favourite seasoning, chicken salt.

“I never knew it existed and now I can’t live without it,” she said.

Ms Wuerfel said there were a lot of other things Australians have that Americans don’t, including beeping pedestrian crossing signals, frozen Cokes at McDonald’s, free healthcare and dual flushing toilets.