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)
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)
"Take a shufty at this URL" (Am. Check it out)
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Get the Kipper Kite mug.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
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I guess that stupid "political correctness" hasn't hit the jungles of PNG yet. LOL
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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
(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
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Get the Deadly Treadly mug.pedantic, analy retentive, from the root - to 'pick nits', meaning to pick up small and possibly irrelevant or unimportant details
Charles was always picking nits and complaining about the cleanliness of the squat. Personally I think he is being too pernickity.
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To Zing (syn: pwn), is to viciously point out flaws, with relentless, uncaring effort. The term "Burn" was overused, and therefore had died. From its ashes rose several new terms, such as Snap, and Zing. To be Zing is bliss, and neverending once you have it.
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To Zing (syn: pwn), is to viciously point out flaws, with relentless, uncaring effort. The term "Burn" was overused, and therefore had died. From its ashes rose several new terms, such as Snap, and Zing. To be Zing is bliss, and neverending once you have it.
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"Should you need to think about a comeback, or something to retort, it is no longer a Zing, but a common insult".
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