Had Me By The Balls

This slang expression is used when someone is forced to do something they don't want to do, but have no choice in the matter.

She had me by the balls so I had to go along with her to see her mother.

by wardswords November 26, 2016

Too Hot To Sleep

A person is too hot to sleep when they have binged, over-indulged and pigged-out on enough stimulants to render them incapable of sleep, waking everybody in the neighbourhood who can.
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‘He's been on it for daze....'

'Yeah, he's too hot to sleep.'

by Wardswords December 20, 2021

Crook As Rookwood

Crook is Australian slang for feeling sick as in, "I'm feelin' real crook, mate." It can also mean something that is distasteful as in, "That's crook!" Rookwood Cemetery is located in Sydney, Australia, so something must be real bad or rotten to say it's as crook as Rookwood.

"Mate, seriously, she was as crook as Rookwood."

by wardswords November 25, 2016

Got It Sorted

Aussie vernacular for a problem that has been solved or sorted.

We had our differences but we got it sorted.

by wardswords November 29, 2016

Larrikin's Hat

Australian rhyming slang used to describe a male getting so excited over something or someone that he gets an erection, or fat. A larrikin is a likeable rogue while an erect penis resembles a hat, hence the term larrikin's hat.

I couldn't help getting a larrikin's hat every time I looked at it.

by wardswords November 25, 2016

Sleazester

A creepy sleazy type of person.

The sleazester was watching her closely from a distance getting more and more drunk before movin' in on her.

by wardswords November 29, 2016

Strumpet

A promiscuous male known more for his political pillow talk than a man of action.

Like all good strumpets he was able to use what was said in the heat of the moment to his political advantage.

by wardswords December 12, 2016