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Charlie
Toot
Whizz
Gear

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Now, class, I want you to use all these words in one sentence.

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Well, I can't say whether this is an orthodox Canadian example, but I will offer, "Charlie went on a toot and forgot to take his gear off before having a whizz." How many marks out of ten, Caretaker?

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Pants

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I think you have the Canadian version correct, but the English version is entirely drug references.
technically 10 out of 10

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As a relatively new (naturalised) Englishman, I feel ashamed of not knowing that!

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Don't ever change. :starsmile:

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We called it bug juice.

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Someone asked me if I wanted a cheeky livener as they had some charlie, so we went and had a toot in the toilet, when we'd gone through that, I asked if they had any other gear and they said they had a little whizz left, so we did that too, I said, "thanks nan."




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Lairy!

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That's at least three sentences, which you turned into one sentence by substituting commas for full stops. :rolleyes:

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"Lairy" was a common Australian word, in my distant youth there. I always thought it originated there, but maybe not. So many London words were transported to Oz with the speakers. To us, it meant "flash" as an adjective, and a lair was a flash-Harry. Is it the same with you?

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Yes. Or a bit "geezer"! Or if some ones a but aggressive due to drink. :)

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Or the garish plaid shorts favoured here. One might cover one's eyes saying something along the lines of "**** me, they're a bit lairy!".

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Yes, that's more in line with the word I grew up with in Oz. I wonder if it (the word) began in the US or England. Or Canada, of course.