A term given by Australian media outlets to their mates in professional sport, when trying to cover up a serious misdemeanor you or I would be prosecuted for.
"Geez, Ben Cousins must be the luckiest blokealive"
"Yeah nah larrikin spirit mate. They said so on the footy review"
A term invoked by Australian media when they want to get one of their mates in sport or entertainment off the hook, after a misdemeanour you or I would be prosecuted for.
"Did you see how full of white candy Footballer X was at the Brownlow Award? Started a fight with the event staff for no reason"
"Yeah nah, larrikin spirit"
"You or I would have been busted for that. There's photographic evidence"
"Yeah nah, just a kid, bit of a larrikin, benefit of the doubt"
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.
An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"
Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."