Failed Paradise » slang http://www.failedparadise.com If you don't know what a Fiji is, you're in the right place... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:45:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Slang of the Week: One Day Mafatu! http://www.failedparadise.com/2009/07/slang-of-the-week-one-day-mafatu/ http://www.failedparadise.com/2009/07/slang-of-the-week-one-day-mafatu/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:24:04 +0000 Wilson http://www.failedparadise.com/?p=456 51V1WsWArGL._SL500_AA240_One Day Mafatu: Soon; eventually; Used to declare your intentions are on track, and will happen…just not today.

A promise of future vengeance for a real or perceived wrong;

(I’m not too sure of the origins, but Mafatu was the main character from Armstrong Sperry’s growing up novel, The Boy Who Was Afraid.)

I know I should be saving my money but… I will. One day mafatu.

Yeah you wait there boy – one day I gonna smack your face properly saraga. One day Mafatu…

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Hey, I saw you in town yesterday. You sa looked bored saraga. Too much din maro or what?

The boss left for Nadi yesterday, so since then I been do nothing but din maro all day.

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I went to the clubs but forgot that today was the Coke games. Thing was packed with modris saraga.

When were you born? 85? Ooooh you modri.

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Cut: Drunk. Not tipsy drunk, but ‘horrible facebook pics’ drunk.

Boy I tell you, mixing beer and hot stuff like that – I get cut real quick.

Mary tried to call out to her friend James, but he was too cut to notice.

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Actually, we didn't win the IRB cup. The paper still went to print.

Actually, we didn't win the IRB cup. The paper still went to print.

Pote: To fail.

Ha! He likes me, not you! Pote!

I heard some noise outside, and I thought it was a robber, so I took my caneknife and ran outside screaming. But it was just a dog. I pote saraga.

Isa, remember when the Daily Post printed us gang winning the IRB series when we actually didn’t? That was a big pote aye

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Wearing pato...

Wearing pato...

Pato: Going barefoot; no shoes, all natural sole;

My shoes bust in town and I couldn’t walk far in them, so I had to pato the rest of the way. Slack saraga.

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Tiko vei iko: You’ve got it! /sarcasm

Stephanie: I know for a fact that Fiji was going to win, I’ve studied their tactics and consider it sound.

Clarence: Trues up, expert tiko vei iko =_=

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One-side: In a fight, you creep up behind a person while he’s otherwise occupied with someone else, and land a completely surprise and utterly un-gentleman punch on the side of his face. Could also refer to just plain punching a person on the side of the face.
Andrew: When the falla was still fighting, I came from the side and one-side him. Shot saraga boy.
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Heavy: Great; Awesome; Nice; Sweet;

James: Have you heard Kingston’s newest song Fire Burning?
Linda: Yeah man, thing heavy saraga!
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Onz: To show approval or confirm a situation, plan or event. Uusally used in conjunction with ‘Brutha’.

(Ed – I can’t really confirm, but I think this slang may be derived from the oft used term “Its on!”, though the current use is generally less challenging and more along the lines of agreeing.)

Shelvin: Ok so tonight us gang go watch Terminator Salvation. Set?
Bob: Onz boy. Onz.

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