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ok everybody! here it is! share global words and phrases uttered or heard to be uttered as a means of human expression - include the definition, or at least an attempt to describe the meaning. we, the collective MJ boarders, may end up speaking in ways no one has spoken before! here goes...



nahgah: exclaimed with suppressed energy when one faces a frightening or unsurmountable task or situation.

Just for hop... :P ;) ...

Huzzah! Proper English. :P :) aka hooray!, or w00t!, or any variation thereof.

Numpty Scottish slang. An extremely stupid/incompetent person.

Ticketyboo Also Proper English. ;) Fine, lovely, wonderful, splendiferous, etc.

:)

SKiwi :cat

Oh, and one of mine...HHNNGGHH!!...which is the noise you make when you're confronted by any utterly incomprehensible, frustrating, teeth-clenching, brain-imploding event. The likes of which are usually caused by numpties. :)

SKiwi :cat

gaumboo: any kind of illness brought on by virus or bacteria. the nastier it gets, the more it is termed gaumboo. Example: ilmjn is battling the gaumboo big time!

NESH A word used in Shropshire to describe those who seem to be feeling the colder weather a bit too much .. :)

Right, I know that the word VEST is different things in different countries, so lets all put our meaning down ..

VEST in the UK is an undergarment to be worn as underwear .. :)

And from the wonderful world of South African sayings, may I add the following to the Dictionary:

- Lekker (Afrikaans): excellent, nice, great (not to be confused with the German "Lecker" which refers to tasty food)

- Eish! (Zulu, I think): Oh gee/ what the heck.../ sorry to hear that/ you didn't did you???

- To Do A Zuma/ To Do A Mugabe: to be a complete twat but still succeed in politics (possibly referred to as To Do A Bush in other parts of the world??)

Howzit? (English, believe it or not): How are you/ how are things? (Not used in cricket as an alternative to Howwaszat?)

I have ta say, Chris, "mugabe" is a perfect soundin' werd fer Bush... Ya gotta go wit ah sound as werds can't really capture thuh "mugabe-head" that thuh man is.

Shrub: werd fer GW Bush said by liberal, thinkin' democrats in Texas. The idea is tew separate our liberal Texas asses frum that man

Sharing this from Yahoo News. I'm, err, snurching(is it?) Floordrobe, which is totally how my 'couture' :P filing sysyem works! :D

SKiwi :cat
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It's almost English when dictionary does Australish

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Contemplating a New Year tattoo in that fashionable area above the buttocks? To help you along, Australians have given them a not-so-fashionable name: "arse antlers". Want a suntan as well? You could have "tanorexia".

These are just some of the words the country's biggest online dictionary is asking people to vote for as word of the year for its latest annual update.

A "butt bra" raises the profile of the buttocks to go with your arse antlers, while "manscaping" refers to removal of body hair for men, sometimes tied to the female preoccupation with the "lady garden", or pubic zone.

"Tanorexia" refers to an obsession with a suntan, while a "salad dodger" is an obese person.

Other nominations for the Macquarie Dictionary Online include "infomania", for those who constantly put aside the job at hand to concentrate on incoming email and text messages. "Password fatigue" is frustration from having too many passwords to recall.

Casting aside the personal, someone who spreads their clothes around the house, clean or otherwise, is said to be treating the room as a "floordrobe".

Or if the global credit crunch is hitting home, you may be tempted into becoming a "credit card tart", or someone who shifts loans around from one credit card to pay for another.

In business, the "glass cliff" refers to people placed in jobs with high risk of failure because they belong to a group not well represented in leadership positions, such as women.

Even geopolitics gets a mention, with "Chindia" joining China and India, at least in Australish English, in terms of their fast growing strategic and economic clout in the world.

The "Great Firewall of China" noun refers to the block preventing Chinese internet users from accessing online sites deemed undesirable by the Chinese government. To get around it may take a "cyberathlete", or professional computer game player.

Susan Butler, the dictionary's publisher, said environmental themes were hot this year in a time of global warming, with "climate canary" referring to a geographical feature, plant or animal species pointing to climate change.

"Toad juice" refers to a liquid fertiliser produced in Australia from pulverised cane toads, an introduced environmental pest marching its way across the continent.

To vote for their favourite word, Butler said people should visit macquariedictionary.com.au. Voting closes on January 31.

:rofl These are fantastic SK. Had me shakin' muh head in agreement after I stopped laughin' at thuh terms and definitions.

spluge [pronounced splooj]: any yukkie wet or liquid substance that collects on the surface of something over time. i.e. there is spluge on 3/4 of the food in my fridge! or the spluge in the bottom of the garbage can took on a life of its own.. also could be used conceptually if one is angry at someone: 'you floating spluge!' or ' cut the spluge!' if the person is talking baloney.

Excellent post Southern Kiwi, had a good chuckle. "Chindia" had me thinking of Whingia though, what with all the Harbajhan nonsense going on in Aus at the the moment. Any other cricket fans out there?? Us S'Africans are mourning the retirement of Shaun Pollock. Hey last time I enquired about "fellow cricketing fans" on a Bad Girls fansite, I met my future spouse...she lived in Manchester, me in Jo'burg - would our paths ever cross???? Yup they did indeed - she emigrated to South Africa 3 years ago, and as soon as Civil Unions became legal we trotted off and got married. Awwww.... I can hear you all saying. In the ever-wise words of Ms Stewart: "Sh*t does indeed happen!"
P.S. I gather Hetane ain't no Shrub-lover.. Hang in there, Obama's on his way

Sod and Sodding!

It's a tough one that because generally it is meant in a derogatory way, but just occasionally when used in something like sodding off - Its really a take off from when someone says Sod off (Which you tend to say to someone else) which in turn means to leave you alone - So Sodding off is your own way of saying you're leaving people alone but without the same derogatory way about it!

Sod is a great word because it does have a number of ways of being delivered! And it can be meant in a totally nasty and derogatory way, or can be fun and even friendly if said in the right tone!
If in America for example, the closest I can think of to "Sod You" Would be "Bite Me" in conversation.

Here are another couple of examples of how the word can be used.......

"Sod it" - Damn, forgotten something/it - Or can't be bothered with something.
"Poor Sod" - Feeling sorry for someone.

And as an aside to all this - IM2 has a cat..... called Sod!

The first two especially for Hetane .. :)

Tantivy .. Gallop, also used as the phrase to blow a gallop on hunting horns .. :)

Hippodame ... A horse-tamer

Pullus .. A young bird still at the downy stage before fledging ..

Mundungus ... A foul-smelling type of tobacco ...

This is one of my fave definitions, though I can't remember where I saw it...

Ocker - in Australia: a dolt; a slow or stupid person.
Ocker - in New Zealand: and Australian! :D

And now pay attn to this next bit, because you will be tested on it later ;) ...

These...



...are Kiwifruit*. NOT Kiwi.

And these...



...are Kiwis, NOT Kiwibirds.

Also also, to eat Kiwifruit properly, you don't indulge in all that froufrou palaver of slicing them unless you're putting them on a Pavlova. What you should do is is cut the thing in half and scoop out the insides with a teaspoon, and eat it straight from the spoon. Yum! :D

That's it. Class dismissed! :D

SKiwi :cat


* Technically speaking, I'm also a Kiwifruit, but that's another matter. ;)

"TOODLE PIP"
Hop my interpretation of this is:- cherrio, good bye, see you later, in a while,

I also think "toodle" means walk so may be walk away. Will have to do more research. Mind i bet SK will know she's good at things like this.

:hug2 :kiss1

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