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 Topic: The Slang-a-dang-a-ding-dong-threadPosted: April 18 2021 at 05:28 |
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Based on a suggestion that Cristi made without him even known about it.
Post a slang term from your region, wait a day or two to see if people can figure out what it means. Rinse - Repeat. If the admins want to move this to Just For Fun, so be it. I'll start... The Lickbo |
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:54 |
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Is your daddy a window maker?
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:57 |
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do you say this to someone blocking the view? We say - "do you have relatives in the glass factory?" But it's rather rude.
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:05 |
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Yes its an Alabama slang for someone blocking the TV.
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:33 |
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Cockatoo
Not to be confused with a galah Edited by I prophesy disaster - April 18 2021 at 06:51 |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:54 |
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I know what a galah is in slang, but not a cockatoo..... 🤔
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I googled it and it gave me two explanations. Let's wait and see...
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:04 |
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Still haven't seen any guesses for The Lickbo yet.
As for cockatoo...I'm going to guess someone who dresses flashy.
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I googled it. is it booze?
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:23 |
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Lang may yer lum reek (Scottish...it's a term of endearment)
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Second, close but no cigar.
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google can be wrong, so... you never know. Ok, so what does it mean?
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Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:37 |
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It's LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario).
So if you need to get wine or spirits, or some beer you say "I'm headed to the Lickbo"
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No. Maybe one has to be an Australian to know what a cockatoo (the bird) is first hand, to know what dominant feature is likely to be used as slang. |
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I know what a cockatoo is, and I imagine most people do, too. It’s a far more well known/globally known bird than the galah. Does it mean punk? 🤷🏻♂️
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If Mr Spock were Scots rather than Vulcan, this would be his catch-phrase. |
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My impression was that cockatoos are very colourful birds, hence my guess. I didn't think they were talkers or I would have suggested something along those lines. Is that a better path to consider?
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Yes very much so. Kinda 'live long and prosper' . It means (literally) Long may your chimney smoke i.e. if you could see the smoke from a friend's chimney emitting fumes, you had a good idea they were warm and safe in their home. |
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I had no idea what it literally meant. But I knew the figurative meaning. I may be from New Zealand, but I was born and bred in Dunedin, which remains proud of its Scottish heritage.
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Cockatoos are loud birds, and one of the functions of their vocalisations is to alert others of predators.
As slang, a cockatoo is a person who is assigned the role of lookout while others undertake illegal activities such as gambling. |
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