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To continue our series of posts about slangs taken from the videos from Vanity Fair. Today we are going to learn some new zealand expressions brought by the actor KJ Apa, Feel free to share this post and leave a comment!
Bugger all: synonym of “nothing”. For example, if you say “I went to the supermarket and bought bugger all” it means you did not buy anything.
Wanna hiding?: has the same meaning as “do you wanna a punishment?”, so stop doing something bad, or else you’re gonna be punished.
Yeah-nah: if you end a sentence with “yeah nah” it means what you have said is actually not true.
Yarn: synonym as “conversation”. Example “we had a good yarn but didn’t come at any conclusion.
Piece of piss: means the same as “easy”. Somethings that is piece of piss to do, is something easy to do.
She’ll be alright: it means that something will be ok, doesn’t matter if it is female or male, you’re gonna use “she’ll be alright”.
Pack a sad: when someone is being dramatic. Example: “stop packing sad” is the same as “stop being dramatic”.
Munted: synonym of “drunk”. When someone drank too much alcohol.
Chur: means “good”. For example, when you taste a food and you like, you can say “chur” as “good”.
Keen: you can use this word for example when you have a crush on someone, when you talk about the person you say “I’m keen for him/her”, as you’re into them.
Chocka: means “a lot” or “full”. For example if you say that the road is chocka full of cars, it means that there is a lot of cars.
Squizz: you can use this as “give me a chance”, for example, when someone is playing guitar and you want to play, you say “let me have a squizz”.
Jandals: synonym of flip flops.
Good as gold: means that something is as good as it can be.
Bro or cuz: how you refer to someone you’re friends with.
Mean as: when something is very good, the best there is.
Bugger!: synonym as “damn” or “shit”. A expression you use when something goes wrong.
Carked it: if you say someone carked it, it means they have died.
Taking the piss: embarrassing someone, making fun of someone or the same as “are you kidding me?”
Skull it: to drink everything from a bottle in once.
That is it for today. See you all next week!
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Hi everyone!
To continue our thread of slangs, we decided to bring to you on this week some Canadian slangs. Once again, we have based our selection of slangs on the amazing and amusing videos of Vanity Fair. On this week, the personalities are Finn Wolfhard, who we are sure you know from either Stranger Things or IT, and Mackenzie Davis from Lost In Mars and The F Word. Both actors stared the movie: The Turning together on January of 2020. We hope you are enjoying our posts and please feel free to comment in any of them and share with friends.
Let's get these slangs strated!
Serviette: It is a formal word used for napikin.
Canadian Tuxedo: It is a full denim tuxedo. Denim is a kind o fabric, commonly used in jeans.
Shit-Kickers: It is another word used for boots.
Canuck: It is a word for Canadian and, also, a Hockey Team.
Hang a Larry:Hang a Larry is an expression used to say "turn left".
Hang a Roger: This is the opposite of Hang a Larry, that is, "turn right".
Caeser: It is a drink, which Americans would call a Bloody-Mary, but different from the Bloody-Mary it has clamato juice on it - which is a juice made of tomato, clam and seasoning. That does not seem very tasty!
Milk in a Bag: In Ontario, people buy their milk in bags and not boxes, so the milk is always exposed on the fridge after you open - the actors do not think it tastes good.
Freezies: this is what they call "ice-pops" or "popsicles".
Shreddies: It may be used as a perjorative word for underpants, it usually means it is well-worn.
Girl-Guides: It is the Canadian word for what the Americans call Girl-Scouts.
Hydro: It is the kind of power they use to run the city. For example, some houses have solar power system, they have hydro, which means water power.
Nanaimo Bar: It can be similar to a brownie. It is a dessert with Canadian origin, named after the city of Nanaimo. It is not baked and it is manly made with crumbs, coconut and chocolate.
Beavertail: This is also a traditional dish. It is a fried dough with cinnamon, sugar and lemon on it. It is usally a hit on the winter.
Tortiere: It is a French-Canadian pie, as you know Canada was not only colonized by Englad, but also France.
Icing Sugar: It is powdered suger.
The Dep: It is the corner store.
Mountie: It is the word they used to refer to the police officers.
Donair: It is a popular sandwich.
Parkade: It is an underground parking lot.
Toboggan: It is a big slide.
The Bill: This is also a very known American word to refer to the check.
Housecoat: It is the word they used to refer to a bathrobe.
Jesus Murphy: This is an expression to replace "Jesus Christ" - some religous Canadian believe that is blasphemy using the name of Christ in vain, so they use "Murphy" to avoid hell.
Keener: It someone who is a little bit of a shown-off in class and is very eager to show their knowledge. Kinda like our beloved Hermione Granger.
That was it for the week! We hope you have enjoyed this Canadian Slangs, did you knew any of them other then the ones also used in the United States? Which ones? Leave your comment below, if you would like to.
See you next week.
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