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Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 101/1: shingle short a mentally deficient.at shingle short, a, adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 101/1: shingle short a mentally deficient. Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 87/1: like a pork chop in a synagogue inappropriate or ill at ease.at in more strife than a pork chop at a synagogue under pork chop at a Jewish wedding, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 126/2: wrung out like a dishcloth exhausted from heat or excessive activity.at wrung out (like a dishcloth), adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 28/2: chugalug act of drinking, usually a beer, in one gulp, or a drinking bout; eg ‘Fancy a few chugs after work, Nobby?’.at chug-a-lug, n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 98/1: shag in phr. like a shag on a rock alone, abandoned, forlorn.at like a shag on a rock under like a..., phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 116/1: two shakes of a dog’s hind leg give me a few seconds and I’ll be with you; variant two shakes of a dead lamb’s tail rather less basic.at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 81/2: pakapoo ticket, look / marked like a something confusing or incomprehensible; from Chinese lottery ticket with its (to Europeans) incomprehensible markings. Housie-type game played in illegal gambling and opium dens such as those in Haining Street, Wellington; eg ‘This ruddy exam’s marked like a pakapoo ticket!’.at like a pakapoo ticket under like a..., phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 9/2: all over the place, like a madwoman’s shit indicating a mess or poor organisation.at all over the place like a mad woman’s shit, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 54/2: hang of a/hanguva intensive regarding something big or forceful; euphemistic version of ‘helluva’; a fervent intensive favoured by juveniles; eg ‘That was a hanguva good flick, eh?’.at hang of a, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 49/2: get plunked get pregnant; by association with the Plunket Society, which looks after pregnant mums if required.at plunk a baby, v.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 9/1: AB a woman’s period, short for ‘Annie Brown’; eg ‘I’ll have to cry off tennis today, Maureen. Old AB’s visiting.’.at A.B., n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 9/1: ab-fab extreme enjoyment, short for ‘absolutely fabulous’. Teen jargon 1950s and 1960s. NZA .at abfab, adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 22/1: buggerise about aimless messing about; eg ‘Stop buggerising about and get on with the game, will ya.’.at buggerize (about), v.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 21/2: brown in phr. do a brown act shy or sulky or ashamed; eg ‘What’s wrong with Jill?’ ‘Nothin’, Miss. She does a brown for no reason, eh.’.at do a brown (act) (v.) under act, n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 86/1: polish, a fellatio; eg ‘Whadya want, sailor, all the way or just a polish?’.at all the way, n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 10/2: a bit more apple used to indicate the need for more courage by commentator during inaugural Rugby World Cup, Wales versus Canada, 3 June 1987.at apple, n.3
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 10/2: apples in good condition, in phr. she’s apples, indicative of apple pie order; possibly contraction of rhyming slang: ‘apple and pear/fair’. NZA .at apples, adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 59/2: how ya goin’, mate? Kiwi greeting, fairly quintessential.at how are you going?, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 10/1: a over k being tipped upside down, rudely; short for ‘arse over kite’.at arse over kite under arse, n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 113/1: tin arse lucky person; also tinbum.at tin-arse, n.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 83/2: pig’s arse / bum / ear derisive exclamations.at pig’s arse!, excl.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 10/2: arsey boo chaos, twisted, wrong; eg ‘I’m going to have to say that the organisation of this reunion is all arsey boo.’.at arsey-boo, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 11/1: arsy-tarsy all tangled up and topsy turvy; variant of ‘arsy-versy’; eg ‘This essay is all arsy-tarsy. You’re going to have to rip it up and start again.’.at arsey-tarsey, phr.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 71/1: mad as a maggot very mad, very silly, very angry, very eccentric.at ...a maggot under mad as..., adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 102/2: silly as a wet hen than which little comes sillier.at ...a (wet) hen under silly as…, adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 12/1: bagful of busted arseholes, an extreme state of ugliness, if preceded by ‘as ugly as’; or ill health, usually owing to a hangover, if preceded by ‘I feel like.’ NZA.at ...a hatful of arseholes under ugly as..., adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 90/1: queer as Chloe homosexual.at ...Chloe under queer as..., adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 50/1: give it away to abandon, often in exasperation; eg ‘Give it away, Sean, it’s just not worth it.’.at give it away, v.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 11/2: away with the fairies daydreaming or considered unsound in the head. NZA .at away (with the fairies) (adj.) under away, adj.
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 12/1: babbler cook; rhyming slang ‘babbling brook / cook’, used by shearing gangs and WWI Anzacs. NZA.at babbler, n.
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