1st - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ

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