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Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. --Johnny Carson Wot A Strange Language Is English Some New Zealand Slang. D - H (More next Year) D Dairy – corner store Dear – expensive De Facto – a couple who live together but are not married Ding – small dent in a vehicle Dressing gown – bathrobe Dob in – to inform the authorities of someone who is breaking the law Drongo – term of abuse, idiot Dodgy – unreliable Dole – unemployment benefit Down trou - dropping ones trousers Down under - New Zealand, as seen from the northern hemisphere Dux - the highest academically achieving student Duvet - quilt Dunny - toilet E Eh - used at the end of a sentence when expecting a response; pronounces “A?” Electric jug - electric kettle Engaged - busy phone line Exercise books - school work books Eye fillet - beef tenderloin F Fancy – something attractive Feed – meal Fizzy drink – soda Flick – movie Flat out – full speed Flat – an apartment Flat mates – people who live together in a flat or house Flash – something that looks new Flog – steal Footpath – side walk, pavement Fortnight – two weeks Footy – rugby Freezing works – meat processing factory Fringe – bangs Frock – dress
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. --Hamilton Wright Mabi G Gawk – to stare at Gidday – hello Gumboot – rubber boots Grotty – dirty Girl guide biscuits – fundraising sale of biscuits by a charitable girl’s organisation Give it away – to abandon something Give it heaps – try your best Godzone – New Zealand Going bush – become reclusive Going nuts – going insane or angry Good nick – good condition Good on you – expression of approval, friendly approval of somebody’s actions Good as gold – affirmative answer, approval of quality Growling – to nark Gizza – could be used in a sentence in the place of “give us a..” Grannyflat – small self contained house on the same section as the main house Greases – fish and chips, popular takeaway meal in New Zealand Greenie – conversationalist, or member of Green Party Green fingered bro – someone who regularly smokes cannabis Greenstone – New Zealand jade Grunds – underwear H Haere Mai - come here (Maori origin) Haka - traditional Maori dance Hand bag - purse Handle - pint of beer Hangi - traditional Maori meal prepared in an underground oven Hamu - unlawfully demand somebody for food or money Hard yakka - hard work Hardcase - person with a good sense of humour Half pie - poor performance Headmaster - principal of a school Heart of gold - kind, open hearted person Hei matau - traditional Maori pendant, made from bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook Helengrad - New Zealand’s capital city Wellington during the period from 1999 to 2008 while Helen Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand Hen fruit - eggs Heaps - a lot, “There are a lot of boats in the harbour - There are heaps of boats in the harbour” Hire - rent Hissy fit - throwing a tantrum Hokey pokey - very popular type of ice cream flavour in New Zealand
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