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    Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:28
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...

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Is your daddy a window maker?
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Originally posted by Spaciousmind Spaciousmind wrote:

Is your daddy a window maker?

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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Spaciousmind Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:05
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Spaciousmind Spaciousmind wrote:

Is your daddy a window maker?

do you say this to someone blocking the view? 

We say - "do you have relatives in the glass factory?" But it's rather rude. 

Yes its an Alabama slang for someone blocking the TV.
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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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I know what a galah is in slang, but not a cockatoo..... 🤔

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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I know what a galah is in slang, but not a cockatoo..... 🤔


I googled it and it gave me two explanations. 
Let's wait and see... LOL
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:04
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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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Still haven't seen any guesses for The Lickbo yet.

As for cockatoo...I'm going to guess someone who dresses flashy.

 I googled it. is it booze? 
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Lang may yer lum reek (Scottish...it's a term of endearment)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:30
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Still haven't seen any guesses for The Lickbo yet.

As for cockatoo...I'm going to guess someone who dresses flashy.

 I googled it. is it booze? 
So first...that's cheating man !
Second, close but no cigar.
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Still haven't seen any guesses for The Lickbo yet.

As for cockatoo...I'm going to guess someone who dresses flashy.

 I googled it. is it booze? 
So first...that's cheating man !
Second, close but no cigar.

google can be wrong, so... you never know.
Ok, so what does it mean? 
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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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote I prophesy disaster Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:58
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

As for cockatoo...I'm going to guess someone who dresses flashy.
 
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.
 
 
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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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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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Lang may yer lum reek (Scottish...it's a term of endearment)

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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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Lang may yer lum reek (Scottish...it's a term of endearment)

If Mr Spock were Scots rather than Vulcan, this would be his catch-phrase.



Yes very much so. Kinda 'live long and prosper'LOL. 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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote I prophesy disaster Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2021 at 15:13
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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