New Zealand

Kitbash

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."

Oldie

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.

Over the top

Definition:
Too much, excessive

Usage:
"Ordering a double double is fine, but a triple triple is over the top."

Septic Tank

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)!

Wanker

Playing possum

Chilly bin

Anzac biscuit

Definition:
A cookie made from oats, golden syrup, desiccated coconut and bicarbonate of soda.

Usage:
Pass the tin of anzac bikkies please!

Pull up your socks

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."

Serviette

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