An Australian expression for drinking beer. It usually refers to consuming packaged beer away from licensed premises, typically at home or a barbecue. Other types of alcohol are not usually consumed when one is “getting on the cans”.
Well mate, I knock off at 4pm and it’s a quick drive home, so I’ll be getting on the cans by 5pm at the very latest!
by The Regal Hyena October 28, 2023
" He used my preferred pronoun but I know he didn’t mean it. It was just his tone, you know? I feel so invalidated. The new official "Campus Gender Inclusivity - Safe Space for All. Your truth is our truth" guidelines clearly prohibit him from committing a "Tone Crime" against me"
by The Regal Hyena January 31, 2020