nyarring

Pronounced nyu (as in bun) and ring. When your kids won't shut up and start irritating the hell out of you. The South African equivalent of nagging. Derived from the Rawlins Family in South Africa who had ridiculous amounts of children.

Kids: do we really have to milk the cows at 04h00 in the morning before we walk to school?

Father: yes

Kids: but...

Father: no buts!

Kids: but its cold and its 10 kilometers to school.

Father: stop your nyarring!

by Ranger_Dave October 8, 2011

narrowcast

Like broadcast, but the information is aimed at a specific, limited audience. This is usually only possible on a network like the Internet, not with a radio transmitter.

by mistweb October 13, 2003

nyark

An exasperated expression of mindless, overwhelmed incapacity.

When confronted with a barrage of questions, the class dunce could only groan, "nyark!"

by Dan Lechter December 12, 2008

narrowgant

up one's own asre, limited depth of understanding

he is so narrowgant he can't see the wood for the trees
narrowgance

by dsamate November 26, 2010

Narrative Plains

The different tellers that can exist in a story.

The two narrative plains in Huckleberry Finn are:

The omniscient, adult, experienced " puppet master" Mark Twain
The limited, naïve, in experienced perspective of 12 year old Huck.

by AXmanAxler March 11, 2011

narrow gauge

A railroad whose track rails are closer together than the international standard of 4'8.5". Narrow gauge railroads are easier and cheaper to lay, can take tighter corners, and can economically handle lower traffic volumes than standard gauge railroads. They are popular in South America, Mexico, Japan, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and India. Some of the earliest railroads in the United States and Canada were built to narrow gauge, but were later abandoned or rebuilt to standard gauge.

The Darjeeling Himalayan railway in Nepal is narrow gauge.

by Zombie_Dog June 30, 2016

narrow the gap

to bring two things closer together

They say urgent action is needed to narrow the gap between the global elite and the other 99%.

by Toxika April 24, 2016