Failed Paradise » slang http://www.failedparadise.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Youtube Video of the what is this I don’t even – Uro Club http://www.failedparadise.com/2011/11/youtube-video-of-the-what-is-this-i-dont-even-uro-club/ http://www.failedparadise.com/2011/11/youtube-video-of-the-what-is-this-i-dont-even-uro-club/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:46:44 +0000 Wilson http://www.failedparadise.com/?p=947

Uro (Fijian): Slang; Title used to describe a sexy person.

Uro Club: A group of sexy people who hang out together; The top of the social ladder; In a high school movie, these people would consist of the football team and the cheerleading squad; Potential politicians, trophy wives and BP Oil Spillers; The 1%. (Note: There actually is no Uro Club – Ed)

(Golf) Uro Club: I don’t play Golf. I’m so confused…

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Slack: Lame; Not up to your somewhat expected standards; Let down.

Claire: Whatever you gang watch, don’t watch Thor. Thing was slack man.

Shivam: Why you never come to the movies? You slack saraga.

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Who English you: Said to someone after they’ve uttered a sentence in broken english.

“You never know, you might strike another luck!”

“Strike another luck? Who english you?!”

Also used in the same context:

What School: Used when its apparent you didn’t pay attention during English class in high school.

“He was there all the long”

“All the long? Ooooh boy what school what school?”

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Step: to run away, or not show up, either from an engagement or a meeting.

Us gang were going fast with the drinks, then Simon said he go the toilet. Falla went and then he step the bastard.

Where’s Melinda? Did she step from us gang?!

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Kida (pronounced Kin-da): The moment of clarity when you finally understand what’s going on.

‘I was making my eyes big to tell the falla to hide the bag, but falla never get it. Only when I point at the bag then the falla kida.’

Also used:

Kida bera: You grasp the situation or idea a tad bit too late.

‘I kept nodding my head at the bag for him to hide, but he look. Only when Ben took back his bag then the falla Kida bera.’

Kida cala: You finally get it. Unfortunately, you’ve got it wrong.

‘I was doing my head like this for him to hide the bag. Instead the falla kida cala and go and kick the bag instead. Doce falla saraga.’

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Not this Joka...

Joka :(Pronounced ‘choka’, with the ‘cho’ as in ‘chomp’) Great; Awesome; Used interchangeably with Heavy;

Preetika: I heard you went to the Katchafire concert. How was it?

Apete: Thing joka boy. Had a real good time.

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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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