Top 10 strangest phenomena of the mind

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Great Quotes:

• Shakespeare: "Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a lifetime.
• Napoleon: "The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.
• Einstein: "I am thankful to all those who said NO to me, because of them I did it myself"
• Mahatma Gandhi: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"
• Dr. Seuss: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

I’m always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can’t go to sleep, and stay up way past my bedtime, hooked on the writing. Is anything better than waking up after a late-night read and diving right back into the plot before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth?

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Some handy New Zealand slang… afraid to memorize anything, what if it’s super outdated and I end up looking silly? :) I wonder what Americanisms I’ll use that will throw people off?

Aotearoa - Maori name for New Zealand meaning land of the long white cloud.
Arvo - afternoon.
Bach - holiday home. 
Big smoke - large town or city.
Bit of dag - hard case, comedian, person with character.
Bitser - mongrel dog.
Bloke - man.
Brickie - bricklayer.
Brown eye - to flash your naked butt at someone.
Boy-racer - name given to a young man who drives a fast car with a loud stereo.
Bring a plate - means bring a dish of food to share.
Bungy - kiwi slang for elastic strap, as in Bungy Jumping.
Caravan - mobile home that you tow behind your car.
Cardi - cardigan.
Cast - immobilised, unable to get to your feet.
Cheerio - name for a cocktail sausage.
Chocka - full, overflowing.
Chook - chicken.
Chick - slang word for woman/female.
Chips - deep fried slices of potato but much thicker than a french fry.
Chippy - builder, carpenter.
Chrissy pressies - Christmas presents.
Chuddy - chewing gum.
Chunder - vomit, throw up.
Cockie - farmer.
Cotton buds - Q-tips.
De facto - name used for a couple who are not married but are living together.
Dole - unemployment benefit.
Dodgy - bad, unreliable, not good.
Down the gurgler - failed plan.
Drongo - stupid fool, idiot.
Drop your gear - take your clothes off, get undressed.
Dunny - toilet, bathroom, lavatory.
Ear bashing - someone talking incessantly.
Entree - appetizer, hors d’oeurve.
Fizz Boat - small power boat.
Fizzy drink - soda pop.
Flannel - wash cloth, face cloth.
Flicks - movies, picture theatre.
Flog - steal, rob.
Footie - rugby union or league, as in “going to watch the footie”.
Full tit - going very fast, using all your power, as in “he was running full tit”.
Get the willies - overcome with trepidation.
Going bush - take a break, become reclusive.
Good on ya, mate! - congratulations, well done, proud of someone.
Good as gold - feeling good, not a problem, yes.
Greasies - fish and chips.
Gumboots or gummies - rubber boots, wellingtons
Handle - pint of beer.
Happy as larry - very happy.
Hard case - amusing, funny person.
Hard yakka - hard work.
Hollywood - to fake or exaggerate an injury on the sportsfield.
Home and hosed - safe, successfully finished, completed.
Hoon - Young adult driving fast.
Hosing down - heavy rain, raining heavily.
Hottie - hot water bottle.
Iceblock - popsicle, Ice Stick. 
Jandal - thongs, sandals, flip-flops.
Judder bar - speed bump.
Jumper - sweater, jersey.
Kiwifruit - Brown furry skinned fruit, Zespri, Chinese Gooseberry.
Kick the bucket - die.
Laughing gear - mouth, as in wrap your laughing gear around this,
L&P - fizzy soda water.
Lolly - candy.
Long drop - outdoor toilet, hole in ground.
Lurgy - flu.
Mad as a meat axe - very angry or crazy.
Main - primary dish of a meal.
Naff off - go away, get lost, leave me alone.
North Cape to the Bluff - from one end of New Zealand to the other.
OE - Overseas Experience, many students go on their OE after finishing university, see the world.
Offsider - an assistant, someones friend, as in “we saw him and his offsider going down the road”.
Old bomb - old car.
Oldies - parents.
On the never never - paying for something using layby, not paying straight away.
Open slather - a free-for-all.
Pack a sad - bad mood, morose, ill-humoured, broken , as in “she packed a sad”.
Pakeha - non-Maori person.
Panel beater - auto repair shop, panel shop.
Pav - pavlova, dessert usually topped with kiwifruit and cream.
Piece-of-piss - easy, not hard to do, as in “didn’t take me long to do, it was a piece of piss”.
Pikelet - small pancake usually had with jam and whipped cream.
Piker - someone who gives up easy, slacker.
Piss around - waste time, muck around.
Pisshead - someone who drinks a lot of alcohol, heavy drinker.
Piss up - party, social gathering, excuse for drinking alcohol.
Plonk - cheap liquor, cheap wine.
Pong - bad smell, stink.
Pressie - present.
Rark up - telling somebody off.
Rattle your dags - hurry up, get moving.
Rellies - relatives, family.
Root - have sex, get sex.
Ropeable - very angry.
Scarfie - university student.
Scull - consume, drink quickly.
Scroggin - trampers high energy food including dried fruits, chocolate.
Serviette - paper napkin.
Shandy - drink made with lemonade and beer.
Shark and taties - fish and chips.
Sheila - slang for woman/female.
Shoot through - to leave suddenly.
Shout - to treat, to buy something for someone, as in “lunch is my shout”.
Sickie - to take a day off work or school because you are sick.
Skite - to boast, boasting, bragging.
Snarler - sausage.
Sook - cry baby, wimp.
Sparkie - electrician.
Sparrow fart - very early in the morning, sunrise.
Sprog - child.
Squiz - take a quick look.
Steinie - bottle of Steinlager, brand lager.
Stubby - small glass bottle of beer.
Sunday driver - someone who drives very slow.
Sunnies - sunglasses.
Ta - thanks.
Tea - evening meal, dinner.
Tiki tour - scenic tour, take the long route. 
Togs - swimsuit, bathing costume.
Torch - flashlight.
Tramping - hiking.
Twink - white-out.
Up the duff - pregnant.
Ute - small pickup truck.
Veges - vegetables.
Wally - clown, silly person.
Wobbly - to have a tantrum.
Wop-wops - situated off the beaten track, out of the way location.

Pretty great, why have a lot of these here in Canada… 

bloke [older generation uses it], chick, chips [specifically for British style fish and chips], dodgy, entree, fizzy drink, flog [but it means to beat], get the willies, good on ya mate [i actually say this a lot lol], hosing down, jumper, kick the bucket, lolly, main, piece of piss [if you are crude like me], piss around, pisshead [although this is more used to mean jerk nowadays], serviette, SHANTY [not shandy, which is instead ginger ale and beer], sickie, Sunday driver, torch, veges [spelt veggies]… and yeah. 

It’s niced to know which aren’t NZ exclusive, since I often stare at these lists thinking “oh no I’m gonna confuse people so much with all these” and “I’m sure we’re not the only ones who say this right?”

“Fizzy soda water” is not a justice for L&P though. L&P is Lemon and Paeroa; a kind of fizzy drink. Not to mention the tragic lack of “get ya A into G” (ass into gear) on this list.

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