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banana bender

banana bender
 n.— «When speaking of Johnson, a “banana bender,” the term for all Queenslanders. It is said they spend their time putting the bends into bananas.» —“ Bend it like Johnson” by Kevin McCallum Independent Online (Cape Town, South Africa) Dec. 19, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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