Gari's definitions

Hurryback

RAF Wartime slang for a Hurricane fighter.

"The Hurrybacks are already in the air"

by Gari August 26, 2005

Deadly Treadly

(Aus) Bicycle.

Australian expression for push-bike

"Catchyalayda mate. I'll be round on my deadly treadly"

by Gari August 26, 2005

Bus Driver

RAF slang for Bomber Pilot

"Who's the bus driver today?"

by Gari August 26, 2005

Kipper Kite

RAF Slang
Coastal Command Aircraft which convoyed
fishing fleets in the North and Irish Seas.

"He's out on a kipper kite run today"

by Gari August 26, 2005

white fella

White fella is not racial and the following poem from Papua New Guinea in pidgin English shows their common day to day use of "whitepella"

I guess that stupid "political correctness" hasn't hit the jungles of PNG yet. LOL

Gari

On Bring in the Pintupi
(after Nosepeg Tjurpurrula)

Whitepella bin go n round
for nothin night n day

bring em here / old people punished!
very bad trip

flour, clothes, sugar
eat em long -
kell em tinna corn beef

tinna fruit / first time
they bin eat em flour

good people in bush country
bloody whitepella bin go n
bring em

spoil em mob properly

by Gari August 29, 2005

shufty

The English form of shufti (arabic for look / take a look)

Originally RAF but later Army also, shufty or shufti became taking a look for possible dangers.
Back home, it was used simply for having a quick look (Am. checking out)

"Whilst researching ships I came across an interesting site and took a quick shufty"

"Take a shufty at this URL" (Am. Check it out)

by Gari August 26, 2005

Greenhouse

RAF wartime slang for Cockpit cover.

"Couldn't get the greenhouse open"

by Gari August 26, 2005