Gari's definitions

Gong, To collect a

RAF wartime slang - To get a medal.

"Frank'll get a gong for that"

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

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

pardon my zinger

Zing.

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.
www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Zing

"Should you need to think about a comeback, or something to retort, it is no longer a Zing, but a common insult".

by Gari August 29, 2005

Wankatank

Aus. slang
Four wheel drives that never leave the bitumen. Mostly found on the Mornington Peninsula but occuring in other parts of Australia:

"Those wankatank drivers should all have to undergo appropriate training to be licenced to drive."

by Gari August 26, 2005

pernickity

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.

by Gari May 8, 2003