English slang originating in the city of Plymouth. It means to cry falsely or attempt to cry in order to evoke sympathy. Usually practised by:
1 children under ten to gain concessions from their parents or
2 silly bitches with acute princess syndrome who didn’t get their own way.
1 But mum everyone else is going!
Well you’re not, so stop your crinting and live with it
2 How could you possibly do this to me?
Very easily! You’re a total pain in the arse so stop your crinting an fuck off.
its a term used to put your arm around someone. you start with counting ur far shoulder away from them as one, two which is the closest one to them, 3 their first and 4th the farthest one on the other side and keep ur arm around them
“have you ever counted shoulders before?”
“dude, i just used the counting shoulders trick on katie and it worked!”
Assuming you will have something before you actually have it; similar to "counting your chickens before they hatch" (which is commonly attributed to Aesop).
"The Mariners could do better than expected this year."
"Let's not kid ourselves. Check your premises before you make a prediction."
"I'm assuming a number of things go right. Maybe I'm just counting my monkeys before they're out of the trees."
English slang from the South-West, it means to try to cry in order to evoke sympathy. Usually practised by children under ten in order to try to gain concessions from parents.
But Mum, everyone else is going!
Well you're not, so stop your crinting and live with it.