How To Speak Fluent PoLyne§e
When I'm chatting, ICQing or mailing, a lot of people ask me what is meant by certain terms I use. Depending on where I am and who I'm hanging around, my vocabulary often becomes full of customised words and colloquialisms. Below is a brief definition of words/phrases I use.
- Wick - adj. - Short for wicked. As in "Green Day are heaps wick."
- Heaps - To be used before an adjective, like heaps good or heaps bad.
- Cruel - vb. - pay-out, knock. To be used as a verb, as in "Don't cruel my hair."
- Cruisy - adj. - Easy, non-stessful, as in "Your job's pretty cruisy."
- D'ya wanna go?? - question - Would you like to continue this discussion in a more physical manner?
- Come at me! - taunt - Take a swing!
- Soft as butter - detrimental statement - You're weak.
- What's up with that?? - rhetorical question - What's the story there??
- Heyyyy, settle down! - statement - Can be used when anything or anyone isn't behaving as it should.
- Charging Up - vb. - Preparing oneself for a night out.
- Groovox - adj. - It's better than groovy, it's groovox!
- Fully - vb. - Short for "I fully understand what you're saying there!"
- Poxy - adj. - Not of terribly high quality
- Stellar, Ace, Grouse - adj. - Very good, cool, groovox
- Goomph Head - n. - Affectionate derogatory term, much like "Silly Billy"
- Goomphy - adj. - Behaving like, or displaying qualities of being a Goomph Head
- Minda n. - This is an exclusively South Australian term, the sheltered workshops or spastic home in Adelaide is called Minda Homes. Therefore, if you are referred to as a minda, you are being compared to one of the residents
- Minda Bus n. - one of those white 12-seater buses that are used for the transportation of Minda Homes residents.
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