Definition:
Kitbashing is the art of building a scale model by adapting parts from another model kit
Usage:
"Nobody makes one quite like it, so I kitbashed this."
New Zealand
Kitbash
Submitted by Tigger on March 6, 2007 - 8:16pm.- Read more
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Oldie
Submitted by ccaapp01 on June 21, 2005 - 3:45pm.Definition:
Something old, especially a song that was once popular; n : a song that was formerly popular; n: informal description of a person who is past middle-age
Usage:
She's not so bad for an oldie. The radio station playes golden oldies.
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Over the top
Submitted by MooseOnTheLoose on April 18, 2005 - 2:52am.Definition:
Too much, excessive
Usage:
"Ordering a double double is fine, but a triple triple is over the top."
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Septic Tank
Submitted by ccaapp01 on March 31, 2005 - 1:36am.Definition:
"Septic Tank" is English rhyming slang for "Yank". A "Yank" being an American, after "Yankee" (US Civil War).
Usage:
Look at those septic tanks (Americans) in their huge yank tanks (cars)!
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Anzac biscuit
Submitted by ccaapp01 on March 17, 2005 - 6:44am.Definition:
A cookie made from oats, golden syrup, desiccated coconut and bicarbonate of soda.
Usage:
Pass the tin of anzac bikkies please!
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Pull up your socks
Submitted by Tigger on March 11, 2005 - 4:31pm.Definition:
To be told to pull up your socks is to be told to do a better job on something. It is a negative review of one's performance. It can also be directed at someone who generally needs to pull himself together, often to face a difficult or unpleasant task.
Usage:
"If you don't pull up your socks on the Reitman contract, you'll be fired."
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