Slang O' The Day » New Zealand Slang

hard yakka

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:10 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: hard work
Example: I’m tired from all of the hard yakka I did over the weekend.

naughts

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:10 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: naughty
Example: You should not steal because it is naughts.

not haps

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:48 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: angry; not happy
Example: She was not haps when she realized her phone had been stolen.

esky

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:16 +0000

Origin: Australian Slang, New Zealand Slang
Definition: portable cooler
Example: Did you put the sandwiches in the esky?

big smoke

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:00:23 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: large town or city
Example: We are driving to the big smoke for the day.

chippy

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:24 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: builder, carpenter
Example: I want to put an addition on the house so I called a chippy.

home and hosed

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:00:52 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: safe, successful
Example: There was a lot of turbulence, but the plane landing was home and hose.

pack a sad

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:40 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: ill-humored, moody, broken
Example: 1.) Walter was a pack of sad of through dinner. 2.) I just bought this cellphone and it already packed a sad.

box of budgies

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:00:43 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: cheerful, happy
Example: After Mary heard the good news she was a box of budgies.

chook

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:40 +0000

Origin: New Zealand Slang
Definition: a foolish person
Example: You silly chook.