The Slang-a-dang-a-ding-dong-thread
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Topic: The Slang-a-dang-a-ding-dong-thread
Posted By: JD
Subject: The Slang-a-dang-a-ding-dong-thread
Date Posted: 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 ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
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Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:54
| Is your daddy a window maker? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 05:57
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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Spaciousmind wrote:Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:05
Yes its an Alabama slang for someone blocking the TV.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:33
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Cockatoo Not to be confused with a galah ------------- 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. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:54
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I know what a galah is in slang, but not a cockatoo..... 🤔 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 06:55
I googled it and it gave me two explanations. Let's wait and see...
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Posted By: JD
Date 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. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:16
I googled it. is it booze?
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date 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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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:30
Second, close but no cigar. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:33
google can be wrong, so... you never know. Ok, so what does it mean?
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Posted By: JD
Date 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" ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 07:58
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. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 09:27
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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? 🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 09:29
If Mr Spock were Scots rather than Vulcan, this would be his catch-phrase. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 09:30
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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? ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 09:44
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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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 09:50
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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. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 15:13
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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. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 15:21
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^By contrast, a galah, which is a particular type of cockatoo, is slang for fool, clown, or idiot. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 15:37
Skid Marks ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 16:11
Do you mean like inside underwear? ------------- 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. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 16:59
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 17:13
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^I thought that was pretty ubiquitous. How about mossback?
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 17:28
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A lazy person? ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 17:59
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Not as such. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 18:43
| Fat Back |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 18 2021 at 19:52
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 04:51
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 06:35
Anyway, they would have bacon, sausage and fat back for their breakfast 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 09:17
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Wait...Bacon AND Similar to Bacon ?? What's not to love about that?. Good one. Gorbies ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 11:14
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^The nickname given to all of Mikhail Gorbachev's clones. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 12:52
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Nice try. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:21
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Hoon ------------- 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. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:28
I looked that up. There is one definition that Albertans use, but there is another definition used by Australians: a huge splat of saliva. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:42
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Grockles or if you go a little further west (Agriculturally speakin') Emmets ------------- |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:43
a feckless youth especially one behind the wheel of a car? -------------
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:44
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Gorbies is what we called tourist, usually Americans, who are a little arrogant and pushy. I think it was used out in the Banff area as well back in the day (late 70's early 80's). So 'Huge Splat of Saliva" works as well.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 13:44
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square go (Scottish) -------------
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 14:08
Yes. I was going to use this picture to explain:  ------------- 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. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 19 2021 at 16:13
Well...where I come from and still live is actually called 'Da Region'. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: April 20 2021 at 13:49
Both are West country terms for Tourists, the first being a Somerset/ Devon word, the second being Cornish and actually means 'Ants'. ------------- |