bananalana

Haha

What a crack up some of those sayings are.

I am a kiwi and I have never heard some of those.

Things like pashing and spunk are age related. So, when you are at say intermediate and high school you would say "I pashed that boy", but when you are an adult you dont say pash anymore. And if you do - youre a bit of a knob obviously.

Spunk is around the same ae group...then you move on to "hes a babe", then "she's hot".

Bellasmum

DO YOU SPEAK NU ZILD ?

Heard anyone say "it's a bit nippy around the pipi's"

"it's Kiwi speak for ït's a bit cold outside"

Pippi's (shellfish) have no televance to the nether regions, but it does rhyme well.

"It's puckarooed" - is a corruption of the Maori word "pukaru" meaning broken or ruined.

"I'm just yanking your chain" - means I'm pulling your leg !

"Don't be a spazz" - a typical Kiwi sister's response to her brother for being, well, her brother

"What are ya" - A Kiwi's way of saying "is that all you've got"

" He's a kumara short of a hangi" - the lights are on but nobody's home. His elevator doesn't go to the top floor. He's not playing with a full deck. If you don't my drift by now, you obviously don't have both oars in the water.

All taken from the book ......

Kiwi Speak. Fan-Bloody-Tastic!
By Justin Brown

I reckon it's right as rain. Ka pai. Good as Gold.

jmh

I was raised in NZ. When I arrived in the UK in my 20's I worked in an open plan office and one day I was telling a story about this 'spunky' guy I knew. The whole office went quiet and someone next to me said (in hushed tones), 'I think you'll find that means something different here.' She wouldn't tell me what though.

bananalana

Lol - poor you.

I always grew up knowing it had two meanings.

The teenager meaning and the adult meaning lol

Kiwiprincess

Now if I use spunk or pash in a sentence it is generally as a bit of irony/p*sstake on myself or the people I am with.

"Jo like totally pashed that spunk in the bar" type conversations. Ie if you want to point out quite how silly someones hornybutt behaviour was after a few wines and using regular adult and sophisticated type words don't really have the same effect.

And yes, Spunk has had the same meaning here.

Damson

Spunk is a popular one. Nope - not man fluid , if someone is 'a spunk' then we are talking attractive, just like they use it on Home & Away and Neighbours that we all laughed at when we were teenagers [/QUOTE]

Tricky one that. My mum gave our 7 year old an American toy dog. It had a nametag on it's 'collar' and she always retains the name that comes with any of her toys. This one however read 'Spunky'. We keep trying to give it another name but she's having none of it. Still it will be pretty funny to remind her of when she's older!

johnnyx0

Yep, they do that in Oz too, and it annoys the be-jeesus out of me as well. I have a habit of shouting at the TV when they say "day-boo" and then my OH has a habit of looking at me funny while I do it......

Kiwiprincess

I know I am a kiwi and it sounds odd that I have picked up on this, but there is something really odd about the way people pronounce Dubai.

I think I put more emphasis on the 'bai' part and keep the first part shorter. Most people I know put the emphasis on the 'du' bit. As though they were about to say "Doobie" but replaced the end of the word.

Or is it just me?

Charismatic

Number 8 wire.

Although I have yet to find a situation where this beats duct tape TBH .

cappuccino

It's a bit like Samoa. The Brits tend to pronounce it 'Se-mo-uh' whilst the Kiwi's (and others) pronounce it 'Saaah-moh-uh'

sr71

I'm pretty sure that is pure Aussie speak though.

Officer Dibble

In Australia theyre thongs and in UK theyre flip flops BUT in NZ theyre jandals.

And if someones being a sook (sulking) then they cant 'handle the jandal'.

Persnal favourite of mine.

yorkshire_sparkie

I have just been laughing my socks off at this thread

My Kiwi friends had a "barbie" for us when we arrived a few years ago on a holiday... His girlfriend introduced herself to me and my OH and all was lovely - untill she asked

"do you drink piss?" ................. "NO" was my short reply... thinking how rude, yo are not making a good first impression young lady!!! Then it all became clear - "yeah I would love a beer thanks"

great stuff

tui

that reminds me of a not so funny story I heard about someone ringing his mate. His mate's small son answered the phone and said "here's Dad" but the guy was momentarily horrified because he thought he'd said "he's dead"...

tui

OH always laughs at my use of "dairy" which sometimes still slips out, for corner shop, especially when I'm off to some flea-bitten establishment with surly assistant. Conjures up such a wholesome image.

Don't think anyone's mentioned "togs" for swimming gear, both sexes.