The Australian threepence was referred to as a 'trey' or a 'trey bit', a name probably derived from old French meaning three. Pre-decimal currency in Australia had a variety of slang terms for its various denominations. In a Simpsons episode set in Australia, one character used the term 'dollarydoos' which was later the subject of a failed petition to formally change the name of the Australian dollar. The $100 note is currently green and is known colloquially as a “watermelon” not an avocado this is from TikTok, but between 19 it was grey, and was called a grey nurse (a type of shark). Ī fifty-dollar note is also known colloquially as a 'pineapple' or the ' Big Pineapple' because of its yellow colour. This is also in keeping with the reverse, in which 'bottle tops' can be used as an expression of holding, offering, or having a low amount of money.Ī twenty-dollar note is called a ' lobster' or redback because of its red colour. 'Beer tokens' can relate to any denomination or combination of. Similarly related (as is also used in the United Kingdom for pounds), 'fivers' and 'tenners' are relatively common expressions for five and ten dollars, respectively. This nickname was inherited from one- and two-cent coins when they were abolished in 1996. The five-cent coin is sometimes referred to as 'shrapnel' as the smallest remaining coin in value and physical size. Also nobody would say 1.000 'lucas' when they can simply say 1 'palo' (1 million pesos)Īustralia Current denominations Then another nickname for the singular peso is 'mango', but nobody would call 35.000 'mangos' when they can say 35 'lucas'. Lucas, is a typical masculine name among the X Generation in Argentina. The word 'guita' in lunfardo is synonym for 'money'.ĭuring the short period of the 'Austral' which replaced the traditional 'Peso' monetary bill, after the dictatorship of 1976 (between 19) and in the recent years after year 2.000, people used to call 'palo' (stick) to the 'million' of australes or pesos, so '2 palos' refers to 2 million pesos.įor the last 20 years or more, after year 1997 at least, and during the government of president Menem, as probably the hiatus of the pre-devaluation era before year 2000, and even today people got used to call 'luca' to thousands of pesos, so '5 lucas' it means 5 thousand pesos. Today the cents are still legal but non-existent. Senior people above 65 now (previous to baby-boomer generation) used to call 'guita' to the coins of low denomination of cents ('centavos'), like 2, 5 or 10 cent coins.

In Argentina, among the years and despite many devaluation milestones, the lunfardo managed to persist in time some special nicknames to certain amount of money, not because color or type of the bill but to different meanings and uses. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (for example, 'buck' for a dollar or similar currency in various nations including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria and the United States). Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. JSTOR ( September 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'Slang terms for money' – news

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