Australia is known for its own Slang Language and Geelong has its own slang on top of that…
Here’s a few of our favourite Geelongisms for you!
G’Town, G’Banger – an effectionate name for Geelong
Going to ‘town’ – means your going to Geelong city, the CBD, if you say ‘city’ people will mistakenly think you are going to Melbourne
The Grovey – the Grovedale Hotel
The BC – The Barwon Club
GH – Geelong Hotel
Lordy’s – The Lord of the Isles
The Dog – The Barking Dog
The Commo – Commun na Feinne
The Yardz – Saleyards Hotel
*basically just shorten the main word in any pub name and/or slap a Z or an O on the end, and you’ll pretty much have the ‘slang’.
Bay City – Westfield
The ‘other’ one – Market Square
Furphy – OUR BEER – well kinda… a massive multinational company own it, but they invented it at Little Creatures.. We think, maybe.. we aren’t sure but we’ll claim it…
K-Caf – your best friend at 4am after a night out
Pako – Pakington Street, the street full of shops and cafes in Geelong West
Pako Festa -Pakington street Festival
Over East – East Geelong shops near Garden Street
If you know any more Geelongisms please let us know we’d love to add to our list.