1st - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
1st - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
1st - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ
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“You never fail until you stop trying.”<br />
-- Albert Einstein<br />
Squiz: Have a look at, as in, “let me have a squiz at that”.<br />
Stubbie: Small bottle of beer.<br />
Suss: To figure out.<br />
Taa: Thanks. ie. if someone passed you something you’d say “Taa”.<br />
Tangi: A maori word which means funeral ceremony.<br />
Taranaki Gate: A makeshift gate made from wire and battens.<br />
Technicolour Yawn: Vomit or the act of vomiting. If you drank too much at a party and vomited, you’d say you had<br />
a technicolour yawn.<br />
Thick as pig shit: Someone who is stupid. Or someone with a low level of intelligence.<br />
Tinnie: A small amount of marijuana wrapped in aluminium foil. Usual retail; NZ$20<br />
(apparently).<br />
Tinnie House: A (usually) residental house, secretly selling marijuana and other drugs. Often rented for this<br />
sole purpose.<br />
Togs: Swimmers, bathers, a bathing suit, or bikini.<br />
Tomato Sauce: Ketchup.<br />
Tough Bikies: When someone is complaining about something that can’t be changed someone might say to<br />
them ‘Tough bikies’, meaning to get over it.<br />
Townie: Person living in a town or city, as opposed to a rural lifestyle. Eg; “He’s a townie”.<br />
Trolley: Shopping cart.<br />
Truckie: A truck driver.<br />
Twink: Is also know as Liquid Paper, White Out or Correction Fluid.<br />
Up my date: Expression used by the driver of a car to describe someone following to close behind in<br />
another car.<br />
Up the Duff: Pregnant. If you were pregnant I’d say you were up the duff.<br />
Wally: Someone who has dome something silly. You’d say... “What a Wally”.<br />
Wanker: Jerk, bastard.<br />
Wee-bit: A small ammount.<br />
Whoopdi Shit: Litteraly ‘big deal’. When someone does or says something that no-one finds interesting<br />
they might find someone saying ‘Whoopdi shit’ to them.<br />
Wop-Wops: In the middle of nowhere. In an out of the way location<br />
Written off: Very very drunk. Extremely intoxicated.<br />
Wuss: A timid person. Usually directed at a male displaying passivity and timidity.<br />
Yeah Nah: This can be VERY confusing for non Kiwi’s. It generally means “I agree with you, that it<br />
isn’t...” i.e. ‘Australian’s can’t play rugby aye?’ ‘Yeah nah, they’re USELESS’.<br />
You ain’t wrong: Another way of saying “That’s right”, or “Yes”.<br />
Zambuck: The term used when referring to a first aid person, usually at a sporting event.<br />
FL Computers.<br />
<strong>Dargaville</strong> Four Square Discount Supermarket<br />
111 Victoria Street, <strong>Dargaville</strong> 0310 Phone: (09) 439 1083<br />
Open 7 Days<br />
122 Victoria Street. <strong>Dargaville</strong>. Phone: (09) 439 0496. E-Mail: flcomputers@xtra.co.nz