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Metro (Auckland) Sept. 47: On the odd occasion he wouldn’t front up in the morning. I always assumed it was because he’d attacked the fong (booze) the night before [DNZE].at fong, n.1
Metro (Auckland) Sept. 47: On the odd occasion he wouldn’t front up in the morning. I always assumed it was because he’d attacked the fong (booze) the night before [DNZE]. Metro (Auckland) Jan. 101: The launchies [were] now confronting ‘yachties’ (of a miniature variety)...the eventual result being the setting up of a windsurfing association. Not only that; the windies charged an entrance fee for the next race [DNZE].at windie, n.
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Metro (Auckland) Mar. 27: [He] ‘borrowed’ Aunty Astle’s Roller for a bit of a hoon.at hoon, n.
Metro (Auckland) Sept. 70: [headline] Cops Three nights on the road with the hoonchasers [DNZE].at hoonchaser (n.) under hoon, n.
Metro (Auckland) Aug. 194: This delicacy of the English-speaking world is referred to in other circles as ‘shark and taties’, ‘M?ori roast’, or ‘greasies’.at M?ori roast (n.) under M?ori, adj.
Metro (Auckland) Sept. 48: He’d already picked a name-it would be Loosehead Len and he’d be a rightwing, rip shit and bust Kiwi bloke, opinionated about everything [DNZE].at rip, shit or bust under rip, v.
Metro (Auckland) July 82: But it didn’t compensate for the [...] slack period when workers went down the road [DNZE].at send down the road (v.) under send, v.
Metro (Auckland) Mar. 27: They were seen [...] tossing back Tequila Slammers and then heard together in the pissoir on their knees tossing their lollies long and loud [DNZE].at toss one’s lollies (v.) under toss, v.
Metro (Auckland) July 94: She went to Australia as a ‘ring bolt’, a stowaway, on the Monowai [DNZE].at ringbolt, n.
Metro (Auckland) Sept. 120: If it [i.e. a drug] got him high and was injectable, he’d ping it [DNZE].at ping, v.
Metro 3 Aug. 3: Des often looked ready to chin him.at chin, v.
Metro 3 Aug. 13: Say goodbye to the fiddle of taking off your nail polish.at fiddle, n.3
Metro 3 Aug. 17: Men are depicted as goofy and pompous.at goofy, adj.
Metro 3 Aug. n.p.: This pan knocks all others into a cocked hat.at knock into a cocked hat (v.) under knock into, v.
Metro (London) 5 Jan. 7/1: A teenager was stabbed to death after a girl called him a ‘chav’.at chav, n.
in Metro (London) 13 Apr. 23: Charges against three white US college ‘jocks’ accused of sexually assaulting a black stripper have been dropped.at jock, n.1
Metro (London) 13 Apr. 11: Please don’t leave it [i.e. drugs] lying around for any unexpected plods arriving.at plod, n.2
in Metro (London) 13 Apr. 11: Bring more drink – were gunna run out quick & you will be shitted then.at shit off (v.) under shit, v.
Metro (London) 20 Nov. 3: She’s probably the most made-up, blinged-up and dressed-up doll on the market [...] the tables have been turned on Barbie.at blinged-up, adj.
Metro (London) 16 May 29/4: Another was bottled over the head and a colleague lost his front teeth after being head-butted.at bottle, v.1
Metro (London) 5 Sept. 35: We’re rooting for our hero to show these Frenchies a thing or two when it comes to the wine business.at Frenchie, n.1
Metro (London) 20 Nov. 28: When asked what is wrong, he replies: ‘I’m going to juvie’ (youth prison).at juve, n.
Metro (L) 19 Sept. 11: This case concerns perverting the course of justice, which, in the vernacular, many people would call witness nobbling.at jury nobbling (n.) under nobble, v.2
Metro (L) 19 Sept. 7: Mr Daniels rejected accusations that the takeover represented a shotgun marriage between the companies.at shotgun wedding, n.
Metro (London) 5 Sept. 11: A prankster who fed cannabis-laced ‘space cakes’ to two pensioners [...] has been jailed.at space cake (n.) under space, n.
Metro (London) 20 Nov. 23: Woolies up for sale for just £1 [...] In September, Woolies announced [...] losses of £91 million.at Woolies, n.
Metro (London) 26 June 5: The happy hoppies and the poppies.at hoppy, n.3
Metro (London) 26 June 5: Mashed on opium wallabies are the real p`erpetrators [...] The ‘out-of-control’ marsupials get ‘high as a kite’.at mashed, adj.
Metro 5 Apr. 26/2: [headline] Gobby Cher ‘just wants to be liked’.at gobby, adj.
Metro 22 May 37/2: Shouldn’t we be celebrating the schmuck? Bigging up the bald-headed mouse? Euologising the yoghurt-spitting sausage?at bald-headed hermit (n.) under bald-headed, adj.
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