New Zealand SLANG Explained!

[@finnvanderbar3935]

It feels so weird to see these words that are just part of my everyday language be explained

[@jarredroger6887]

Hard aye bro

[@mir.9805]

Same bruh

[@gustyplayz373]

"Its hot as bro" yea hard aye" is what everyone i know says in new Zealand, pretty awsome place to be if you ask me.

[@Sparkythefox_]

Yeah man

[@wiremuturner1482]

How he explained nah yeah was the funniest for me

[@manisthere]

Don't know if anyone else always thought this, but with "yeah nah", I say it to mean like, yeah I've thought about what you said, and my response is nah.

[@nicolenicole666]

It's like a considered no.

[@Excellentness]

Trains left tiddly winks

[@LordsWatchman]

@@Excellentnessyea nah

[@unknown_ayanr32]

yea nah@@Excellentness

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

Nay. My understanding is Nay....not happening, don't go there type of thing, must have got from me daddy living in NZ before I was a pea no😅

[@nutmegplays]

LMFAO! Just the thought of you walking out of the bathroom holding a cup of you're piss ready to drink made my day!

[@itscurlsbaby]

Nightmare mate. Won’t be making that mistake again…!

[@KiwikimNZ]

You taking the piss? Lol

[@ukusanz]

We drink piss to get pissed. Getting some piss is different to taking a piss, and being pissed off is different to being pissed. For example, i got some piss and got pissed, so needed a piss, but the pisser was full and that pissed me off so i pissed on the tree that the other pissheads were pissing on.

[@jumpingjohnflash]

@@ukusanz yes, it's important to recognise the distinction between "pissed" (drunk) and "pissed off" (angry).

[@nzlemming]

@@ukusanz Underrated reply.

[@KiwiCoffeeKing]

‘Gumboot’ can also be used for a cup of tea……… usually a cheap brand!

[@stefanzzz6778]

Gumboot tea= not that fancy herbal stuff

[@jumpingjohnflash]

Gumboot team aka the cheapest mass brand black tea available - in the UK they call it "builder's tea". It's supposedly called gumboot tea cos it tastes like it was brewed inside a gumboot.

[@Excellentness]

@@jumpingjohnflash similar to the mongol mob fulling the gumboots up with alcohol and skulling out of the gumboot

[@livvycalderwood4171]

Pretty cool being a kiwi myself following along with your videos! So cool seeing others perspective of us 😂

[@williamsbm]

y e s

[@LiaAme24]

Yeah it's so cool

[@AnonYmous-UserNotFound]

Same here. What a crack up! 😂

[@Marist_Chanel]

If you hear Islanders in NZ use the word ‘uce’, it’s slang for ‘uso’ which in Samoan means brother or ‘bro’. I only mention it because it’s mainly used by Islander’s in NZ as opposed to other countries.

[@restfulCube8035]

Toko is the same but in Tongan and they also shorten it to dox. It comes from tokoua which means brother or sister

[@beeveearr]

I learned something new today!

[@Excellentness]

Oh true that we thought it meant you play rugby for us we give you job and your cuz forleasey and forsaley

[@billymack333]

Marist Chanel eh ? Do you know Brother Ben Dover ? Brother Bob Down ? Brother Phil McCrevice ? All good Marist boys 😊

[@Marist_Chanel]

@@Excellentness alu ai gi ou kae 😂

[@marianne6876]

Gumboot tea = very strong tea. 'Gumboots just like 'jandals' are both trade names used by the makers of said items. Skellerup rubber company ( every decent sized town had one of these shops years ago until cheap imports put them out of business) made both items and that is what it called them. Jandals = flip flops. Chocka is actually short for chocka blocka and means that their is no more room left to fit anything else in.

[@miamcknight9138]

In the south of the South Island a bach is usually called a crib. Though bach seems to be infiltrating the southern vocab

[@laurengordon1528]

Nah- always known it as bach but I’m in my 30’s. Bach is more than a holiday home- bach was used to describe the tiny little house you had somewhere by the sea. Holiday home is too grand of a word. These days a bach is more than a traditional bach… but initially they were tiny, thin walls, basic as.

[@theovanbooma8508]

Never heard it called a crib and I've lived in the south island for 30 years

[@Skiwi51]

Crib is very commonly used in the south of the South...we had a crib on the Otago coast, which was sold and much later replaced with a " holiday home" in Queenstown...lol.. It was a modest property but was never referred to as a crib..

[@mrtboy]

Crib all the way, but I am in the deep south

[@susanhammond2724]

I live in the South. Have always used the word Bach and I'm 61.

[@soniabechus5122]

Moved to New Zealand 7 years ago and love it 😍 just getting used to the slang! Thanks for your video xx

[@tigerjay578]

lmao i love being a kiwi and watching this and then realizing that its not normal its just that my country is a bit strange

[@Excellentness]

You could say fruit salad by the bus load's

[@LiaAme24]

ikr

[@KathrynLiz1]

Moved here from the UK at 16 years old in 1959, so have 'gone native' by now... and I love the Kiwi vernacular, it's very colourful and useful... I have noticed some London vernacular becoming common here... things like "innit" being frequently heard of late. People tell me that I still have a British accent, but it's not the broad cockney accent that I had 63 years ago when I got here. Great country, awesome people.... been a citizen for yonks now.... 🙂

[@fruean_3665]

Great video uso x! Consistent as always. Keep up the good mahi! It’s always interesting to see words we use everyday being seen as unorthodox for those who are not from nz! Great video! X

[@zabelconnor]

Pumping out the content! Loving it

[@RotoruaBOP]

Absolutely love your videos bro! I only recently found your channel but youre a very awesome and genuine guy. Much love

[@azpatriot7937]

down in wellington we have allot of slang specific to our area, and some slang words we just dont use here, like you'll hear people say if something is wild or unbelievable story they'll say "that's out the gate" or if a story that's messed up or something tragic happened some would say "that's hardcase" tho people will use them for either or, this is not a rule you can mix and match however you like just as long as it makes sense, also uce or uso both mean bro pretty common too where i am.

[@irisma6439]

Cus/cuz or cussie/cuzzie (cousin) is also used a lot alongside bro in some places. JAFA I've heard of but never really hear anyone use it. Never heard of stubbies before but it makes a lot of sense! Thanks for the awesome interesting video! XD

[@therealclassick1226]

Paralysed from the waist down after a tragic ski accident “she’ll be right” 😂😂

[@silverdale3207]

Hi curls , I haven't heard of far out just being shortened to far, I'm wondering if you're just hearing Fark (an obvious replacement for a certain four letter word) it's normally drawn out to Faaaaark with the k at the end not being obvious. I might be wrong as I'm a south islander and not young anymore😁. Great video, funny hearing your own slang from a different viewpoint.

[@patriciamcglynn4834]

Never heard of shorts being worn to a funeral. What country was the person from, who made this statement?

[@nzlemming]

Ae is actually Māori for yes. Stubbies were a brand of shorts in the 70's that were ubiquitous. It stuck as a label for short shorts. And winding up newly arrived poms is a national sport. Chur, bro.

[@cheetaih]

Try "Eden Park" which is the biggest stadium in New Zealand. "Sylvia Park" is a shopping mall in Auckland.

[@thinksmilelaugh]

When growing up in the 1970s and 80s we used the word Cha to describe a positive reaction to something eg; "Cha you look nice". For a really outstanding reaction to something, a drawn out Chaaaaa with a deeper vocal register became Chur.

[@jackoffjill100]

Sweet as Bro!

[@ALaughingMan]

Aussies say Yeah Nah too but they kinda stop short. Yeah Nah, Nah Yeah in NZ has multiplr meaning depending on tone, speed and what was said or asked before it. Kind of have to be there a while to get it. Aussie ones easy to pick up, the kiwi one takes a bit but goes deep.

[@Bhatz96]

I should start using JAFA the next time I run into an Aucklander

[@TayMcKenzieNZ]

I guess what makes yeah nah easy to understand is if you think of like this: "Hey is this true?'" Yeah (yes it is) nah (it's stupid though) unfortunately it is. Another example could be "Yeah nah I'm not paying $200 for that, that's ridiculous", if you replaced nah with simply "no" you might understand it better.

[@lea6555]

the longer the "faaaa.." the more incredulous the story XD And yeah na "Chocka" means full :)

[@itscurlsbaby]

Good to know, and incredulous is a great word! Nice one!

[@elizabethleiper2664]

sweet as mate

[@catherinemccarthy4363]

Chocka means full rather than busy. The carpark was chocka means it was full.

[@lindaeder1373]

Welcome to NZ curls, love your posts❤️

[@r.1599]

Not quite right on the "park". Yes, they're looking for a parking spot, but it's more like they're leaving off a lot of the sentence for the sake of expediency. "I need a piss" doesn't mean someone wants to find a piss somewhere and take it; it means they want to urinate. Kind of like what I encountered when I was living in the UK, and someone might say their car needed repaired. Or "Yeah, the speakers need fixed". "...to be" has been left out for expediency, and that's become the norm.

[@aguynamedryan395]

Yeh nah tends to mean you agree with what their saying or acknowledge that they are right, then still saying no. It's generally used when someone asks you to do something. Like yes I could or should do it. But no I'm not going to. "You should do it" "yeh nah bro"

[@nzchrisvaughan]

I've never even thought about "Park"

[@xx_nzgamer_xx3783]

Just don't park your car in a park. 😆 Ohh and one that really got me when I was younger is "How's it hanging?" It means 'how you doing?' or 'how are things?' but you can see why I as a guy was rather offended and thought wtf that's none of your business how it's hanging...lol

[@elisabethcornell7109]

Farrr.... is moreso short for farrkk but without saying the actual word. Wopwops is the sound the birds make out in the country or in forest. Native bird sounds.

[@KrystalSeconi]

Love this, Chur bro 😂

[@rachy48]

I’ve noticed “crack-up” has become an adjective. Not “that movie cracked me up” but “that movie was crack-up”. I’m not sure how I feel about it.

[@judylloyd7901]

What he says as "ay/aye" should actually be spelled "eh." 😊😊 (Anyway, "aye" is pronounced "eye".) I can comment about "chur" -- it used to be said as "chă." Then it dropped out of use for a few years. Not quite the same as "cheers," more like "good, eh?" or, "cool as." LOL 😄 "Faa..." isn't *always* short for "far out." Sometimes it's short for the 4 letter word ending with "k." 😵‍💫 Bach is a very *basic* beach house. A luxurious holiday home is usually called a holiday home.😆😆 "Chocka" is the same as chock-full, or full, as is "chocka-block." P_ss, is *usually* just beer 🍺 I love the term "wop wops!" I have no idea where it came from, but I think it's great to have a term so unique to New Zealand 😊

[@graemesmith3000]

CHUR GOOD AS AYE BRO😍

[@ValHemi265]

Chur bro also means "Hey bro" hot chips is exactly that bro... hot chips lol... "As" is in reference to the elongated word or subject being spoken about. Aye, as in aye bro? Lol. Like as in inquiring. Dairy was used in the 1800s for farmers who sold milk before anything else. I'll come back when I fully finish the video. Got dad duties. Chur bro. Sweet az lol

[@Andy_M986]

Aucklanders don't give a shit about what others think,we are grown ups,and it's like water off a ducks back. Auckland is amazing,it has everything,yes , expensive rent,but it's still a great place.

[@itscurlsbaby]

I hear you mate. It’s a similar situation in London in the UK, there are some negatives but overall it balances out!

[@Andy_M986]

@@itscurlsbaby I love London mate.

[@JC-xs3fx]

Typical JAFA response

[@Andy_M986]

@@JC-xs3fx Get a life loser.

[@stephendowdle5537]

Aucklanders dont give a shit about others full stop

[@bodybalanceU2]

many of these slang words are also aussie in origin and i say chockas than chocka like "its chockas in there"

[@Sodalis_]

Gap it/Gapped it -> to run quickly, to hurry

[@duncnz9128]

Aye is spelt "Eh?" it is an affirmative question and should always have a ? after it, as in You coming to the pub eh? and it is the most misspelt word in the New Zealand Language , Aye or Ay is pronounced I as In eye . Dairy is because that is where one purchased their milk and milk products way back when and still can . Bach comes from Bachelor , which is the small house or sleep out where the farm worker or boy lived .In the South of the South Island a Batch is a Crib, and if the female of the house is absent the male is Batching until she returns Wap Wap is Australian .

[@davebryant2859]

Hot chips is entirely logical - It differentiates chips from a chip shop, from the cold slices of fried potato that come in plastic bags - what Poms call crisps. Enjoyed the video though - sweet as.

[@rachy48]

“Gumboot” is also another word for what the brits call “builder’s tea”. “Do you want a cuppa? I only have gumboot”

[@Rosa-zx4zk]

Im like you, still wondering why NZ called the shop "Dairy".

[@bodybalanceU2]

because that was where you bought your milk at the corner dairy

[@AnnaLizzyRose]

I wouldn't say the word dairy is a slag word, it's a legitimate part of the English language here in New Zealand (it's in the apple dictionary, so is bach and wopwops), I'd say it's an alternative word. haha just chips! Hot chips with tomato sauce is a go to when out a sporting match, outdoor concert, it really isn't that bad. I actually find myself somewhere between Kiwi slang and English slang, my Dad's English and Mums a Kiwi.

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

Always in the round cardboard container.

[@PR1M1T1VE]

Just decided to stop at far 🤣 yeh nah thats us bro 😁

[@GypsyGirl317]

Chocka is not busy ~ it means absolutely full up. And wop wops means more remote, away from the busyness of towns and cities.

[@kyanslade3294]

Im from west auckland

[@stephenlindsay3792]

I would've explained "chocka" as "full" also it extends out to "chocka block" "I was tryna find a park but she was chocka block eh."

[@pedtrog6443]

Stubbies - also or more commonly 330ml beer bottles

[@melsmith9260]

When I was at primary school I tripped over and I said “far!” And I got in trouble because my teacher thought I said f*** ☹️☹️

[@charliearmstrong6526]

Chocka must come from chockablock, which means a pile of stuff all chockablock.

[@reecebuck3151]

Chokka means "full". E.g. the car park is chokka bro, or I ate too much Kai bro and now i'm chokka! The other kiwi'ism is "up North" or "down South". Anybody that wants to know where a place is...... "it's up north bro!" It used to piss off my pommie boss no end when asking where a particular town was.

[@marceahern1919]

Bro, you did a choice as video of New Zealand yarning styles. Might shoot through to the dairy in my Red Bands (gumboots) and get some hot chips. Never know, I might get on the piss while I'm out...but, yeah, nah don't wanna be like them gin-drinking JAFAs, aye?!

[@72PSI]

Tu meke. Puckeroo. :o)

[@chugbry]

Yeah aye

[@flyawaytodie]

Yeah nah bro, chuck on the stubbies and the gumboots, we gotta park at the diary to buy some piss and hot chips, and have a yarn with Paddy before we go out to Dave's bach out in the wop-wops. The weather's not looking too great, but nah yeah I'm sure she'll be right. It's not a choice time to be driving, cause the road will be chocka with bloody Jafas. Far out, is the time, ey? Better get going, before it gets late as. Chur!

[@chevronlily]

I find the commentary over the word 'ae/ay' amusing since I'm given to understand its the equivalent of the British 'innit' at the end of a sentence.

[@Amaia_Devon]

Thank you... had posted something similar before I saw your comment lol have deleted mine

[@memydogsandi]

Yeah. It can be used as a question though, which is where the confusion can come in I think.

[@timbrown2809]

South Island kiwis use innit

[@mkyhou1160]

@@timbrown2809 yeah - eh is a JAFA / north island and Canadian thing.

[@timbrown2809]

@mky hou rest of nz mate, those in Auckland, think the world evolves around them. we call them jafas (just another fucken aucklander)

[@MarkArnoldMusic]

Also, “yeah nah” and “nah yeah” does have a logic. Typically the first word is the acknowledgement of what the other person has said, then the last word is the actual response to it. So “yeah nah” might follow a statement such as “he’s not going to get the job” - “yeah, nah” would mean “yeah you’re right, nah he’s not going to get the job”. BUT It can also be used almost to disparage someone’s opinion. Eg “Godfather is the best film” - You’d say “yeah, nah” to affirm your disagreement. “Nah, yeah” (though far less common) usually follows into a further extrapolation of that comment. So for example, you might respond to “it’s not the worst thing that could happen”, with “nah, yeah there are far worse things that could go wrong…” “Yeah nah yeah” and “nah yeah nah” is mostly just involuntary stall tactics as the recipient tries to reconcile an appropriate response.

[@rachy48]

I’ve explained it to my overseas colleagues as “we’re too nice to disagree with you immediately”. It’s like the “yeah” is “I validate that I’ve heard your opinion” before the ultimate “nah”.

[@leochen8108]

Yeah nah yeah is too tactical to understand😂

[@WalterGreen-q1f]

The Aussies are trying claim yeah nah as their own - the bastards

[@alanmacdonald3763]

Yes, I agree :-)

[@PiggyXMalone]

Good explanation. I'm an Aussie and we use it too (no, we're not going to argue about where it originated. We share so much culture that it's almost certainly impossible to pin it down).

[@ataimd]

A better definition for chocka is 'full', the carpark was chocka! The bucket was chocka with seafood, I wanted to pick something up from the supermarket but the place was absolutely chocka! etc

[@Excellentness]

Last but least the miisses was chocka block about 12 last night

[@mailyak442]

Is it just me or is chocka a bit more Aussie?

[@ukidding]

Choka block

[@israelscrewface345]

@@mailyak442 aussies like me would say chocka block or chockers

[@Paul_Beach]

@@mailyak442 Aussies use it as well, but chocka or chocka block has definitely been part of kiwi vernacular for generations.

[@nzmoggy3898]

The term Gumboots derives from the boots that early [Kauri] gum diggers wore. Kauri Gum is a type of amber as was mainly dug in Northland in the late 1800s by immigrants from Dalmatia and the surrounding areas. It was a messy job so they wore boots hence gum digger's boots then Gumboots. Also Yeah Nah is less confusing if you think of it as "Yes I heard what you suggested but no thank I don't want to participate". 🙂

[@kwerk2011]

Nothing to do with kauri gum, but rather from natural, or "gum" rubber.

[@nzmoggy3898]

@@kwerk2011 Not the story I was told many many moons ago in Northland so we'll just agree to disagree.

[@kwerk2011]

@@nzmoggy3898 OK, but you can actually look it up. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Kauri gum.

[@T.L.Robertson8366]

@@nzmoggy3898 Yes I've heard this story to.

[@healingscleroderma]

Interesting nevertheless; I didn’t know any stories how gummies got their name! Love it!

[@MarkArnoldMusic]

“Aye” as a question (upward inflection), can also be an expression of confusion (similar to huh? or what?). “Aye” as a statement (downward inflection) can also be an expression of acknowledgment (similar to “oh, really” or “oh dayyym”). Eg, if someone said something like “Someone stole my shoes”, or “I won a trip to Australia” you might say “aye” with some an expression of concern or interest.

[@williamsbm]

xdeee

[@shaunbradley7608]

Aye pure and simple is the sound the question mark makes ?=aye

[@MarkArnoldMusic]

@@shaunbradley7608 I disagree. I think the sound a question mark makes is, "weeeeeee, plop!"

[@Jax-zo8dl]

Me and my friends also often use 'aye' to mean something like 'same' or 'relatable'

[@chrisheath5233]

By “aye” do you mean “eh”? Aye means yes and sounds more like “eye”, although I have noticed plenty of kiwis write “aye” when they mean “eh?”. Examples of aye include “aye aye captain” or “the ayes have it”.

[@gillianboakes9455]

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you. I lived in New Zealand from 2002 to 2012 and this video has brought back so many lovely memories of the peculiarities of Kiwi speech. Thank you. 😊

[@itscurlsbaby]

Thanks Gillian what a lovely comment, this made my day! Glad you enjoyed your time in NZ, it's amazing!

[@nixsta]

I love that you love our country enough that you bother to explain it to others 🤙🏼

[@charliearmstrong6526]

There are many people around the world who are interested in your country.

[@nixsta]

​@@charliearmstrong6526 Yes, you are correct. And Curls is one of them 😊

[@Kiwi-Macca]

Yeah nah is a gentler way of saying no. We tend to be a bit apologetic when we need to be firm, so this helps.

[@johnnewson8287]

It can also be taking the piss as the person thinks you agree then you let them down .... or vice versa, eh cuz

[@smolgok384]

Yeah nah - I understand the premise but I'm not convinced/disagree

[@Excellentness]

Someone needed to make there mind up

[@Excellentness]

@@smolgok384 agree to disagree yea nah

[@diyguru9677]

It can also be; Yeah (I'm acknowledging your question) Nah (I've considered it and decided no) or Nah (I didn't know that) Yeah (sounds good).

[@vice2297]

It's true, people really do hate Aucklanders... I never even knew that or heard of the term JAFA until I moved from Auckland and wondered why people were dissing me that way... But I will say this, being from South Auckland we see ourselves as being different from the rest of Auckland 😂 Another crack up video my bro!! 👍✌️

[@tigerjay578]

yeah i wouldn't exactly group all of auckland together lmao

[@1992LauraJean]

West Aucklander's are the same - typically don't fit the JAFA stereo-type.

[@Ojajjajaj]

What actually is the stereotype? I went on a road trip on the south island and no one actually knew we were from Auckland unless we told them

[@s45quatch19]

@@Ojajjajaj Most NZers think Auckland is just Auckland City/ North Shore and assume everyone is some rich stuck up type. I have lived in Christchurch the last 11 years and have been called out on my Auckland accent a few times, so I tell people I'm from Waitakere City, not Auckland City

[@rachy48]

The classic phrase is that Aucklanders think there is “nothing south of the bombays” to the extent that there was a great NZ band called Southside of Bombay in the 90s. Aucklanders treat the rest of NZ like it’s a backwater and, in turn, we treat them like they’re stuck up entitled jerks. It’s mostly in good fun, but there’s always a grain of truth.

[@Cholesaur13]

My guy making me excited about hearing about my own country's slang. Have been waiting for this vid! ✨💖

[@itscurlsbaby]

Chlo!!! You total legend!

[@Cholesaur13]

That's you bro, you the man ✨😁

[@Excellentness]

Your Xmas has come early then

[@jonlaguerre3163]

Thanks Scurls for the video, now I know about the hole Piss thing , quite the story, I would’ve had the same reaction.

[@adbarrnz]

Far out Bro, those choice hot chips at the dairy were expensive as, eh.

[@itscurlsbaby]

Words I’ve said myself a few times now…!

[@jondnz]

This is the most New Zealand sentence you will hear this week

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Brilliant sentence but as a Kiwi, l can't resist translating it to English as it would have been spoken in Old Blighty. That's extraordinary, fellow New Zealander, to whom l may or may not actually be related but, with whom l feel a certain fraternal closeness. Those excellent French fries at the corner shop were as expensive as lobster. 😁

[@TheMarathonomahos]

Dairy is not slang. It comes from a time when when milk was sold locally in small corner stores. And it's a bach in the North Island, or a crib in the South Island

[@_FMK]

Yep, when you didn't put your milk bottles out for replacement & had to go to the Dairy instead...

[@TheMarathonomahos]

@@_FMK it goes back before then. I am 86. Milk when I was a kid was dished up from a cream can. You could still but milk by the bottle though.

[@_FMK]

@@TheMarathonomahos Great that it was possible to have someone meet the milkman back then! Was the local dairy still called the Dairy in that time btw?

[@TheMarathonomahos]

@@_FMK yes

[@_FMK]

@@TheMarathonomahos 😊👌

[@sweetsweet3753]

when i moved to the UK i learnt that Bugger wasnt a common every day word and got some odd looks. I also learnt that we swear a lot more in NZ (and Oz) but we dont really consider it as swearing - it just adds more character/emphasis to the conversation. i also got weird looks walking down the high street in barefeet (you missed out jandals in the vid) and a few times visiting uk friends and helping myself to the fridge to get me a cold water or grab the milk etc got some interesting looks/comments.. and off course in NZ/OZ we use the word ROOT for something quite quite different - "did you get a Root? hey Rooter? " A common phrase when i was growing up was "not even ow" but then in East London someone did ask me "you got the time on ya cock? yeah/nah its on my wrist ow" was my response. Hard case vid (ooops missed that one too).

[@debs2026]

TRUE STORY.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Yes... "cock" as an identifier is a contraction of "cock sparrow",,, someone might refer to you as "me old cock sparrow" in the full version. Abother "Hello" in cockney London is "wotcha cock"... just a greeting, not an invitation to inspect your genitalia 😀

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

Primo comment, ay? Shot bro! Funny as. Chur, it was too much!! I'm in Australia now, so I have to go outside for some underarm bowling in the sun before I get reported to the Kangaroo court.

[@sweetsweet3753]

@@subwayfacemelt4325 fukdatshitow haha

[@HannahMitchell-Art]

Forget the metaphor, and it slice off at “as”… had me crying with laughter 😂😂😂 (Canadians say aye too)

[@_JustinCider_]

You forgot cuz, and saying far isn't always just forgetting the "out". More likely it's not saying the "k" as in fark. "Yeah nah" means yeah I heard you & understand what you're saying (or asking), but nah - I don't agree (or won't do it}.

[@angelalyall8292]

100%

[@hayshed]

Someone wearing shorts at funerals or weddings is pretty common to see. There's almost always one, usually a middle aged male. Really depends on how formal the event is of course, but at least with my Rellies (relatives) it's happened a fair bit. I've seen the groom in shorts and sandels :D

[@nzlemming]

Walk shorts or stubbies, tho?

[@TheJuggen]

Bach is a North Island word hahhaaha down here in Southland we call it a Crib. Also we call vacuum/vacuuming lux/ luxing .

[@Hawkemoon1]

Far can also be used as an abbreviation of far-call or far-koff.

[@jumpingjohnflash]

need a couple more "a"s in there I reckon - faaar...

[@LTLT900]

Coff, cup and k,that

[@mrandmrsharper5971]

Being out in the country side or 'wop wops' can also be referred to being out in the 'sticks'. Stuff like this really confused me as a kid growing up in new Zealand 😂 especially cause I was the one living out there

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

Or up the boo hi

[@lukefinlayson9584]

You’re right, at face value ‘yeah, nah’ is a little strange but when you think about it, it makes sense. We say ‘yeah’ because we are acknowledging what the person has just said to us. We add on ‘nah’ because we disagree or are unsure about that same statement. This is how I’ve always used the phrase but even so, I understand that it still sounds odd 😊 Also, we combine a lot of the words you listed here; Chur bro, choice as, choice bro. Thanks for the video. Would love to see more about your take on our slang….bro 😅

[@Shenanirats]

I like telling peopel this cos it's interesting, but bach is a shortened form of "bachelor". Back in ye ole times, when white folk were first coming to NZL, obviously single blokes were coming over to make their coin before getting a wife. They'd live in small little cottages, alone or with other single guys, which earned the monkier bach, the term eventually evolved to mean a small holiday home, as a lot of the surviving ones tended to be in areas one would take for a holiday now, ie. forrested areas, lakes, beaches.

[@jackkelly3697]

I'm an Aussie and I love these videos man. We have a lot of these in Australia too. Some of them you pronounced wrong but people in the comments will correct you 😂😂

[@johanmeischke9189]

Yeah personally the c bomb is the one ironically if German derived swear word that I still find a tad offensively Not to mention the irony of refering to a man as a c bomb

[@TheShadowMan.]

I'm a Kiwi. He pronounced them correctly actually

[@jackkelly3697]

@@TheShadowMan. oh ok. We say some of these slightly different in Australia but the meaning is still the same, I thought it would be the same pronunciation (minus the accent of course).

[@sifibuckle]

There's always a difference between the Kiwi and Aussie slang, even when it's the same slang word. It's just the way it is. BTW Pav is Kiwi.

[@Excellentness]

Don't get him started G he thinks it's funny the way the bros speak aye. Let alone Aussie lingoill tell you what cobber iv had a fair suck on the sav today,''but" true Blue mate

[@darklingnz8017]

Gumboot are also Gummies... "Sweet As" should have its own spot. Its not because something has a sweet taste but as a response to a request with a positive confirmation, interchangable with "No Worries". You dont mind going out of your way to do the requested task. Sometimes people say "Sweeeeet" which is a response you might get if you told your mate that got a box of free beer. And "mate" like "bro" is also used a ton (which means a lot). The whole "Yeah Nah" tends to be a sarcastic reply like if someone asked you to do some crap for them that you REALLY don't want to do, or as a reinforcement of someone elses expectation of a no. If someone gets knocked out in rugby you might hear someone say "He aint getting up in a hurry" to which you would give a "Yeah Nah". "Crap" tends to be referring to rubbish or at least something valued as little to nothing. Not sure if this is global or not. I believe a lot of weird sayings we've had have come from random Advertising that used to be on. Like the Ghost Chips ad for drunk driving. People were talking about that ad for quite a while at least in our neck of the woods(where we are). We also have a lot of slang spill over from "Over the ditch" which is in reference to Australia and the sea between us. While we are at it while not slang it deserves a spot, theres also the reverse nod (I have no idea if theres a name for this). Instead of nodding you lift your chin up suddenly at someone as a greeting of sorts. Its like a sudden upward jerk of the head. You might use it instead of a wave and is generally considered non aggressive. Although if you see someone fall over and make eye contact with them you might give them one as if to ask "All good?" or "Are you alright?"

[@nzlemming]

That, as covid taught us, is the East Coast Wave.

[@kjriwoutube]

The JAFA thing is a lot like how people from the north in England don't like London or the French don't like people from Paris in all three times people who don't live in the main known city do that alone because anyone who isn't from London in England loves hearing all about London for the 1000000th time etc

[@Major_R10T]

Just another fantastic Aucklander, 👍🏽. Chur

[@lowtus7]

I'm born and raised in Auckland, and I can tell you that all of this is true. We are weird, but lovely, most of us anyhow. Chur, lol

[@pedtrog6443]

Ay/aye, as you would have it would usually be written 'eh' and has probably evolved from the indigenous Maori language use of 'ne', used at the end of a sentence as a sort of query or expectation of a response from the listener.

[@angeladawn805]

Chur bro! Thanks for making me love my adoptive country all the more 😍 Hot Chups are to distinguish between french-fries and crisps, or as we call them Chups, or chippies.

[@insertwittyusername9]

For what it's worth "chocka" implies full more than busy so those examples are correct but you could also say "I'm stocking up for Christmas so the pantry is chocka"

[@thoml8366]

Chocka is a contraction of chock-full, i.e. full to the limit (Merriam Webster)

[@ukusanz]

So chocka (Or chokka) is commonly used with blok, or block. Eg. i ate so much xmas lamb i was chocka block

[@steelparadox]

Chur is not just cheers. It's also used to describe something positive, or a greeting or farewell. A confirmation - "can you get me a drink?" - "chur" But the intent behind "chur" is to be positive. Suggestions for part 2 - Mean. Hard. Hoon/blat. Middy. Hearty. One outs. Eah/ow.

[@lesliedavis2185]

Chur Bro

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

I live here, and you lost me from Middy onwards.

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

@@Dontstopbelievingman middy = gf, hearty = good, = one outs = fight ow= just a thing people say, like what ow, not even ow, etc

[@Aamtrua]

Being talked about feels good, Chur the bro

[@itscurlsbaby]

Chur mate!! Appreciate it, more to come

[@rushwolf-nzl9546]

@@itscurlsbaby Love the videos my bro, keep them up they are orsum and its kool to hear what new Kiwi's think of Aotearoa,NZ, Churr da Bro.

[@Excellentness]

Your ears burning

[@bridiemcloughlin8326]

Surprisingly enough, you can also just say "the wops" ... Very entertaining video. Ta. The best aspect of Kiwi slang is when we explain the slang word by using another. We really do have our own language.

[@mohork]

Out In the whop Whops means in the Jungle or in the Sticks, or in the Bush or in the Forest.

[@Shayn07K.]

I am a Kiwi and can confirm everything in this is 100% correct and hearing you explain it made me really re appreciate how I we speak 😂 we basically speak in acronyms or meat and potatoes English. I love it. this vids crack up as ay, anyway I'm off to the dairy for some hot chips then myt stop off at the piss store.. churr bro

[@davidmeyer9313]

My wife and I have now spent a month in NZ on holiday from the US. I wish we had found your channel earlier 😢. It is spot on.

[@desmondcrosland7884]

Jafa didn’t start in nz. But a percentage of Kiwis loved it when it became popular 15yrs ago because they have little man syndrome over big Auckland. And it is big. Bombay to Wellford so any attempt to fit Aucklander into one box fails quickly. Add to that, I’d say half of us moved to Auckland from somewhere else and love it. But I don’t mind being a jafa. It’s better than being a nothing.

[@MarkArnoldMusic]

Stubbies can also mean a short beer bottles. If someone says “get me a stubby from the fridge” it doesn’t mean someone has put their shorts in the fridge. It means a stubby beer bottle.

[@Excellentness]

sort sort stubbies with there socks pulled up to there knee's and extra cular shirt with hoemo grips 60s where good

[@r.1599]

Didn't that use come from Australia?

[@M.B.ChalliesNZ]

Having ‘Good’ shorts for funerals etc. is a real thing 👍🏼

[@allanwysocki6234]

Yup, my old man used to have 2 pairs of shorts made from suit material he woyld wear to funerals

[@nickylonghurst2704]

A lot of people also put "yeah" and "aye" together. As in, "far, that was hard out bro." "Yeah, aye."

[@Excellentness]

Yeah aye of course

[@nicolenicole666]

I think a batch is not just a holiday home. It tends to imply a level of simple or basic living, but that is part of the fun. You don't tend to have an suburban batch. It is usually on the coast or hills or bush etc..

[@TheShadowMan.]

"bach" not batch

[@marianne6876]

Bach derives from early times in NZ when the bachelor policemen were given a bach hut to live in. This was just a one room affair where in his off hours he could sleep or read in his home. In the southern part of the south Island a bach is not a bach its a crib. Crib comes from cribbing which is a writers term for squeezing in as much writting onto a page as it was possible to make and still be legible, Basically a crib is a very small home.

[@brucemartin8422]

Uless you live down south where your holiday home/Bach is called a Crib - it's a Scottish thing ☺

[@rachy48]

100% there is a big difference between a bach and a holiday home! One has tea towels from the 1970s and the stuff that’s too tacky to go in your actual home. The other is a regular house by the sea. I’m not fortunate enough to have either! 😂

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

@@rachy48 Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily expect a bach to have running water or electricity. Or a floor. :p

[@jammyscouser2583]

Just realized your bro from the other day is on a Skinny ad on tv

[@teresatayl]

Mercury Energy too I believe.