Finnie, as in I finnie that, is an old expression used to claim something. The term may have arisen from the use of the word fen in the children’s game of marbles, referring to the idea of the fending or making up a rule that defends an action or...
An Omaha, Nebraska, listener and wife have picked up the expression Bags not! from the Australian children’s television show Bluey. The phrase is used to stake a claim by announcing one refuses to do something undesirable, like change a diaper or...

