If you’re in New Zealand and are told to “rattle your dags,” you’d better get a move on. Literally, though, the expression has to do with sheep butts. This is part of a complete episode.
fang-banging n.— «“You know how many people are having sex with vampires these days?” The answer to this question, right at this present time, appears to be: quite a few. “Fang-banging,” as it is known in some parts of...
Grant dishes up the latest language headlines from around the world, including names so weird they sparked legal action. Two New Zealand parents really did name their daughter “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii.” Also, what’s wrong...
pink-sticker v. phr.— «Twenty cars were ordered off the road in Christchurch last night in a citywide crackdown on boyracers. Mr Pullen says of the 20, 15 were what police term pink-stickered, which means they could seriously injure those...
tar-tar n.— Note: “Toi toi” is a type of grass native to New Zealand, as described here, although there is at least one species of bird native to the country, the North Island tomtit, that is of the subspecies “toitoi...
frontbum n.— «Cat-abandoner John Tamihere is standing at Waitakere City—I wonder if he’ll have any luck getting the frontbums, as he likes to call women, to vote for him.» —“Roll on up for council oddballs” by Linley...
