New Zealand Slangs with KJ Apa

Hello everyone!
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!
xoxo