back-dooring: having an affair with a person’s partner behind that person’s back
beak: judge
bent: corrupt
clams: money
coffeehousing: poker term for talking in an attempt to mislead other players about the strength of a hand
crispy: burnt
dead cat bounce: financial term for a slight recovery enjoyed by a plummeting stock during its continual demise
dockethead: known criminal with a long list of prior convictions or ‘dockets’
dog: police informant/witness (particularly a criminal)
fizz: informant
fuzz: police
gopher: errand boy as in ‘go for’
’hood: neighbourhood
ice: smokable methamphetamine
in boob: in jail
jacks: police
London to a brick: gambling parlance for absolute certainty; would bet London to win a brick
lumps: as in ‘take your lumps’ – to suffer or endure your bad fortune or punishment for actions
meth: methamphetamine (or methylamphetamine)
mouthpiece: lawyer
on the lam: on the run/at large
plastics: derogatory police term for the Australian Federal Police; shortened from plastic fantastics, also sometimes fantastic plastics
plebs: plebeians; low-level, unimportant operators; see skrotes
pseudo: pseudoephedrine
silk: senior barrister, such as Queen’s counsel (QC), now senior counsel (SC)
skrotes: derogatory shortening of scrotum, similar to plebs
Soggies: Special Operations Group police
speed: amphetamine/methamphetamine
squarehead: non-criminal; straight person
staunch: reliable, trustworthy, won’t sing to police
stooks: hidden places to store cash away from scrutiny
tinny: lucky
supergrass: special police informant
toe-cutters: police-speak for internal affairs bodies such as the Ethical Standards Department (ESD) who police police, based on brutal methods used by robbers who rob robbers
trannies: transsexuals/transvestites
walk and talk: method of discussing sensitive matters while avoiding fixed bugs
wifebeater: blue singlet