'G’Day' meaning

11 definitions

1. Peter

   The Australian informal greeting/my favorite word

   • Example: G day M8 how ya goin
2. Teabagging Billy

   hello!
3. Victoria

   hello!
4. Vinny

   The most stereotypical australian greeting. shortened from good day. no one actually says it in australia

   • Example: Person 1: G'day, mate. Person 2: No one says that and you now it! Person 1: Yeah I know
5. Vozza

   Slang for hello, that only people foreign to Australia say to try an fit in.

   • Example: G'day! Ogenki desu ka?!?! G'day! ÎÒ×öÄúµÄÒÂÉÑ?!!!! Followed my continuous screaming.
6. Tommo

   What many of us (Americans) believe to be a popular greeting in Australia. Many people get this idea from the media, which makes it seems like every time you see an Australian person they will say this. NOT TRUE! I spent 2 weeks there and didn’t here that ONCE! Yes, they say mate and an occasional g’day but I never heard them together. It’s more of a stereotype than anything else.

   • Example: American (sees Australian, wants to make it look like Americans know anything about other cultures): G'day Mate! Australian: Wtf? Oh, hello. American: I thought all Australians say that. Australian: Nope, almost none of us do. American (feels like an idiot): Bye then. Australian (thinks, what an idiot): Bye.
7. Shaz

   A phrase usually meant to be slang from Australia meaning “Hello friend”. Oddly enough, most Australians don;t use this phrase and most see it as very stereotypical.

   • Example: Man: G'day mate! Other man: Why are you talking like that? Man: I don't know...I just felt like being an idiot...
8. Sharon

   Hello
9. Em

   A type of Google search allowing someone to search up to 24 hours in the future. Currently it is in Beta and is only available in Australia.

   • Example: Bob: Hey, what are tomorrow's lotto numbers? Joe: Oh, I'll look it up using gDay™ with MATE™.
10. Chris

    Gedday means, “Hello, how are you?”, in the friendliest of manners, this is said by many Australians to each other, as well as to strangers. Literally it means “Good Day”, a common Australian informal greeting. *also Gedday may be spelt in various ways, such as- G day – g’day – gidday and ged day.

    • Example: Wesley, "Gedday!" Alvin, "Hey Man Yeh, good, hey!" Wesley, "Sweet, good to hear."
11. Sam

    G’day is a contraction of “Good Day”, a general greeting, stereotypically used by Australians. It may also be heard in New Zealand and other parts of the world. It has been suggested, particularly by Americans, that the term is never actually used, that it is only a stereotype promulgated by the media. This is untrue. Stereotypes exist for a reason. Though many if not the majority of Australians do not use the term, possibly because it was felt to be a little too parochial or a cliche, it is still used by some as a greeting. It would be unfortunate that Vinny and Tommo’s comments are regarded as definitive before verifying the usage with the 25 million Australians and a just short of 5 million New Zealanders. It’s a like saying all Americans are devoutly religious when one has only visited Mississippi and spoken to a handful of people from one town, or that all Muslims are terrorists, and all men a rapists.

    • Example: G'day, how are you?