Where "Skite" Comes From
Most likely traced back to Scottish and northern English dialect, where "skite" could mean to dart or move quickly, and by extension came to describe someone showing off. Australian and New Zealand English narrowed it specifically to boasting — both as a verb ("stop skiting about it") and as a noun for the person doing it ("he's a bit of a skite").
Green's Dictionary of Slang actually pins down an 1857 Australian citation for it — one of the oldest words in this dictionary — and it has stayed in solid everyday use here ever since, for describing exactly one kind of behaviour: talking yourself up.
Source:
"Don't be such a skite about your new car, mate."
How Aussies Actually Use It
Calling someone a "skite" is a mild telling-off for bragging too much, whether about money, achievements, or possessions.
It works as both a verb ("stop skiting") and a noun ("what a skite"), and it's almost always said disapprovingly, even if lightly so.
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