Russell Crowe teaches Americans slang words used in Australia and New Zealand

He is the New Zealand-born actor who has became a Hollywood megastar.

And on Wednesday, Russell Crowe taught Americans the most common slang words used in Australia and New Zealand.

The 55-year-old Gladiator star explained several phrases including budgie smugglers and ‘bugger all’ in a hilarious video posted on YouTube.

‘Hello everyone… it’s Russell Crowe talking to you about slang from two cultures that I’m very very familiar with, the New Zealand culture which in this terminology is Kiwi and the Australian culture which in this terminology is Aussie,’ he said.

The first word he explained was ‘carked it’ and he said it’s ‘not very nice’ and simply means ‘you’re dead’.

Russell also taught viewers the meaning of bugger all, explaining: ‘It means basically nothing, you have nothing. What do you have mate, bugger all, you have nothing.’

The actor went on to reveal what the word ‘jandal’ means in Australia, saying:’Jandals in Australia are called thongs.’

‘So a jandal and a thong is the same thing, however it’s not the American thong, it’s footwear so jandal and a thong are the same as flip flops.’

Russell also explained budgie smugglers and said they’re referred to as speedos in America.

‘It’s just somebody’s observation a speedo fits your average man the same way as it would be if he had a small budgie (bird) stuffed down the front of his pants.’

He also explained ‘cab sav’ as the ‘height of Australian culture’ and revealed it refers to cabernet sauvignon.

Russell also revealed the word ‘heaps’ refers to ‘many’ but said he doesn’t use it.