Keeping Kiwi Slang Alive McGregor's are proud of our choice baked goods, we are also just as proud to support our kiwi heritage by keeping kiwi slang alive. Vote for your favourite Kiwi slang and every year in the week before ANZAC weekend we will hold the 'Keeping Kiwi Slang Alive' Awards. Just click on your favourite phrase and your vote will appear automatically. If you think you have a new piece of Kiwi slang that's not already listed on this website, submit your new piece of slang now and vote away, see how your Kiwi Slang performs at the annual awards. It’s as easy as pie. The Slang Rank Votes       arse over tit Head over heels 1 2789       Bit green behind the ears Don't know what they're doing 2 2736       Maori Roast Fish and Chips 3 2707       Shank’s pony Walking 4 2625       Mate rates A cheaper price for a friend 5 2604       Making a mountain out of a molehill Making a big deal out of something small 6 2603       Kill two birds with one stone Do two things with one action 7 2507       Pull the pin Stop doing something 8 2499       Rattle your dags: To hurry up 9 2491       Cheap as chips Doesn't cost much 10 2489       You make a better door than a window said by someone standing in the way 11 2469       wai wai express walking 12 2445       Half Pai Putting little effort in, not interested 13 2390       Wop-Wops Middle of nowhere 14 2379       Wouldn't know shit from clay Naive or stupid person 15 2376       Six of one and half a dozen of the other Same 16 2371       Kill two birds with one stone Get two things done at once 17 2365       One can short of a sixpack a bit thick or crazy 18 2360       From whoa to go From start to finish 19 2350       Freeze the balls off a brass monkey Very Cold 20 2329       AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BULL USELESS 21 2316       AS USEFULL AS AN ASHTRAY ON A MOTORBIKE USELESS 22 2315       Built like a brick shithouse A solid framed person 23 2312       Out of the blue By suprise 24 2312       wig wong for a gooses bridle something that doesn't do anything, no known use 25 2310       Off Like A Robber's Dog Really taking off 26 2291       Miss goodie two shoes Some one who is always well behaved 27 2286       see ya round like a record catch up later 28 2284       piece of piss it's easy 29 2275       a hot bit of crumpit a pritty woman 30 2273       wee bit of fluff see "crumpit" 31 2256       Chip off the old block A child that is similar to their parent/s 32 2245       A glass and a half and you're on your arse. Said to someone who gets drunk easily. 33 2244       Piss holes in the snow Barely visible 34 2234       Get off the grass disbelief, similar to "stop pulling my leg" 35 2230       Good as gold 36 2228       Polished off To finish eating, quickly 37 2224       Much of a muchness Same 38 2220       good as gold i've done it, i understand 39 2216       As rare as rocking horse shit rare 40 2203       rings a bell sounds familiar 41 2202       Sammy short of a picnic a bit thick, or crazy 42 2202       Daylight robbery Very Expensive 43 2173       blue ass fly havin a convulsion too fast slow down 44 2163       You Manis bit of a wally, done something stupid 45 2132       Shit a brick exclamation of suprise or annoyance 46 2114       sweet as everything is ok 47 2082       he's a bit of a dag he's a character 48 2064       chew the fat have a bit of a yarn 49 2057       Maori Overdrive throwing a car into neutral going down a steep hill 50 2051       Couldnt organise a piss up in a brewery unorganised, useless 51 2043       blow off some steam have a moan about something thats riling you 52 2042       butchers hook wont be happy 53 2018       Can you spare it man? Is that the best you can do? 54 2012       Guts for garters In big trouble 55 2007       it's all good everything is organised 56 2005       Bite your bum Go away, get lost 57 2002       Wouldn't know them from a bar of soap I do not know this person, similar to I wouldn't know them from Adam 58 1984       dodgy bad, unreliable, not good 59 1975       The early bird catches the worm Get in early or miss out 60 1966       Good nick good condition 61 1964       Arvo afternoon 62 1958       Crib bach 63 1957       Bobs your uncle All done. 64 1941       Bach holiday home 65 1918       Down the gurgler failed plan 66 1917       Loo bathroom, toilet 67 1864       Big Smoke large town or city 68 1859       Rust bucket decrepit motor car 69 1859       you can bet your bottom dollar you can be sure of that 70 1855       Brickie bricklayer 71 1853       Bungy elastic strap, as in bungy jumping 72 1848       Chippy builder, carpenter 73 1846       Shandy drink made with lemonade and beer 74 1830       Skite to boast, boasting, bragging 75 1829       Duvet duilt, doona 76 1814       Chook chicken 77 1810       Rellies relatives, family 78 1809       Yack to have a conversation with a friend, to talk 79 1808       Scroggin trampers high energy food including dried fruit and nuts 80 1806       Chick woman/female 81 1804       Barbie barbeque 82 1800       Bit of a dag hard case, comedian, person with character 83 1800       Handle pint of beer 84 1799       Sparrow Fart very early in the morning, sunrise 85 1792       Laughing gear mouth, as in wrap your laughing gear around this 86 1786       Cast immobilised, unable to get to your feet 87 1776       Ads tv commercials, advertisements 88 1774       Shit a brick exclamation of surprise or annoyance 89 1771       Cheerio mane for a cocktail sausage 90 1770       Pong bad smell, stink 91 1770       Sook cry baby, wimp 92 1769       Piss around waste time, muck around 93 1768       Boy-racer name given to young man who drives a fast car with a loud stereo 94 1767       Knackered exhausted, tired, lethargic 95 1765       Motorway freeway 96 1764       Pram baby stroller, baby pushchair 97 1764       Sparkie electrician 98 1764       Sprog child 99 1764       Bitser mongrel dog 100 1757       Mad as a meat axe very angry or crazy 101 1756       Cotton buds Q-tips 102 1755       Tramping hiking 103 1754       Pushing up daisies dead and buried 104 1753       Full tit going very fast, using all your power, as in "he was running full tit" 105 1750       Lift elevator 106 1750       Ropeable very angry 107 1750       Tea evening meal, dinner 108 1750       piss up party, social gathering, excuse for drinking alcohol 109 1747       Sickie to take a day off work or school because you are sick 110 1747       Fizz Boat small power boat 111 1746       Root have sex, get sex 112 1746       Bring a plate means bring a dish of food to share 113 1744       Ta thanks 114 1744       Cockie farmer 115 1743       Nana grandmother, grandma 116 1740       Kiwi new zealander 117 1739       Scull consume, drink quickly 118 1739       Strapped for cash low on cash. no money 119 1737       Jumper sweater, jersey 120 1736       Rattle your dags hurry up, get moving 121 1736       Maori indigenous people of New Zealand 122 1735       Offsider an assistant, someones friend as in we saw him and his offsider going down the road 123 1734       Ring to telephone somebody, as in "i'll give you a ring" 124 1734       Brown eye to flash your naked butt at someone 125 1732       How's it going mate? kiwi greeting 126 1732       Hollywood to fake oe exaggerate an injury on the sportsfield 127 1730       Home and hosed safe, successfully finished 128 1728       On the never never paying for somthing using layby, not paying straight away 129 1725       Pub bar or hotel that serves liquor 130 1723       Spud potato 131 1722       Sunnies sunglasses 132 1722       Caravan mobile home that tows behind car 133 1719       Anklebiter toddler, small child 134 1718       Aotearoa Maori name for New Zealand, meaning long white cloud 135 1717       Bugger damn!! 136 1717       Pinky little finger 137 1713       Up the duff pregnant 138 1711       Open slather a free-for-all 139 1709       OE Overseas Experience, many students go on their OE after finishing university, see the world 140 1708       Pikelet small pancake usually had with jam and whipped cream 141 1708       Bloke man 142 1707       Creek small stream 143 1707       De facto mane used for a couple who are not married but are living together 144 1706       Greasies fish and chips 145 1706       Banger sausage, as in bangers and mash 146 1702       Squiz take a quick look 147 1701       Flog steal, rob 148 1700       Hottie hot water bottle 149 1700       Dunny toilet, bathroom, lavatory 150 1699       Hoon young adult fast driver 151 1699       Lurgy flu 152 1699       Chips deep fried slices of potato but thicker than a french fry 153 1698       Ear bashing someone talking incessantly 154 1698       Home and hosed heavy rain 155 1695       Stubby small glass of beer 156 1693       Sunday driver someone who drives very slow 157 1693       Shark and taties fish and chips 158 1691       Flat apartment, name for rental accomodation that is shared 159 1689       Jandal thongs, sandles. flip-flops 160 1687       pisshead someone who drinks a lot of alcohol, heavy drinker 161 1685       Chuddy chewing gum 162 1683       Entree appetizer, hors d'oeurve 163 1683       Drongo stupid fool, idiot 164 1679       Panel Beater auto repair shop, panel shop 165 1679       Cuppa cup of tea, as in cuppa tea 166 1677       Happy as larry very happy 167 1677       Hard case amusing, funny person 168 1677       Tights pantyhose 169 1676       Rubbish garbage, trash 170 1675       Good as gold feeling good, not a problem, yes 171 1672       Good on ya mate! congradulations, well done, proud of someone 172 1672       North Cape to the Bluff from one end of New Zealand to the other 173 1672       Iceblock popsicle, ice stick 174 1671       Nappy diaper 175 1670       Get the willies overcome with trepidation 176 1668       Plonk cheap liquor, cheap wine 177 1668       Chunder vomit, throw up 178 1667       Serviette paper napkin 179 1667       Chocka full, overflowing 180 1666       Long drop outdoor toilet, hole in ground 181 1663       Dole unemployment benefit 182 1662       Sheila slang for woman/female 183 1662       Twink white-out 184 1661       Hard yakka hard work 185 1660       Rark up telling somebody off 186 1658       Ding small dent in vehicle 187 1656       Kick the Bucket die 188 1654       Pack a sad bad mood, ill-humoured, broken, as in "she packed a sad" 189 1646       Shoot through to leave suddenly 190 1646       Pissed off annoyed, angry, upset 191 1642       Scarce as hens teeth very scarce, rare 192 1642       Going bush take a break, become reclusive 193 1641       Wop-wops situated off the beaten track, out of the way location 194 1637       Footie rugby union or league, as in 'going to watch the footie' 195 1635       Gumboots or gummies rubber boots, wellingtons 196 1634       Piker someone who gives up easy, slacker 197 1633       Randy horny, wanting sex 198 1633       Oldies parents 199 1632       Chrissy pressies christmas presents 200 1631       Judder Bar speed bump 201 1631       Quack Medical doctor 202 1630       Take-aways food to be taken away and eaten, fast food outlet 203 1626       Petrol gasoline, gas 204 1625       Cuz cousin, family 205 1624       G'day universal kiwi greeting, also spelled gidday 206 1623       Naff off go away, get lost. leave me alone 207 1623       Pakeha non maori person 208 1623       Tiki tour scenic route, take the long route 209 1623       Cardi cardigan 210 1620       Perve to stare 211 1619       Mate buddy 212 1618       Shout to treat. to buy somthing for someone, as in "lunch is my shout" 213 1617       Togs swimsuit, bathing costume 214 1617       Kiwifruit brown furry skinned friut, zespri, chinese gooseberry 215 1614       L&P fizzy soda water 216 1614       Piece-of-piss easy,not hard to do, as in "didnt take me long to do, was a piece of piss" 217 1613       pudding dessert 218 1613       Flicks movies, picture theatre 219 1607       Wally Clown, silly person 220 1607       Steinie bottle od Steinlager, brand lager 221 1603       Postal code zip code 222 1601       Snarler sausage 223 1601       Drop your gear take your clothes off, get undressed 224 1600       Old Bomb old car 225 1600       Pav pavlova, dessert usually topped with kiwifruit and cream 226 1598       Scarfie university student 227 1597       Torch flashlight 228 1595       Wobbly to have a tantrum 229 1594       Flannel wash cloth, face cloth 230 1591       Lolly Candy 231 1582       Ute small pick up truck 232 1573       Main primary dish of a meal 233 1572       Whinge complain, moan 234 1562       Cheers thanks 235 1561       Fizzy drink soda pop 236 1556       Veges Vegetables 237 1530       Knuckle sandwhich a fist in the teeth, punch in the mouth 238 1510       On the Rott Getting drunk, drinking alcahol 239 1507       Knock back a couple of bevvies Have a few drinks; drink a couple of beers 240 1437       Out of two, I'd give her one She's beautiful 241 1382       like pushing shit up hill with a pointy stick getting no where 242 1373       HOOK US UP BRO! Pay for our feed and i will be your mate(eg brother,mate or cousin). 243 1345       She'll be right Everything will be okay, not a problem 244 1332       Arse about face Back to front 245 1323       Good on ya mate! Thanks, nice one. 246 1321       crash hot excellent 247 1314       as dry as a woodpeckers fart ready for a beer 248 1306       choice brilliant, awesome, or just really good. 249 1286       yarn a tall tale, or a good story 250 1267       Cold as a Frog's Tit its cold 251 1263       Before your time Well before you were born mate 252 1253       as cold as a witches tit pretty cold 253 1251       kia ora cuz greeting often used in NZ from one person to another when they are cousins (now more widely used even if they are just a relative or friend) 254 1250       Off Like a Brides Nighty... I'm leaving 255 1244       Off like a trailer full of prawns on a summers day I'm leaving 256 1238       Cooked your goose Gone to far - really in trouble 257 1226       Hubby Partner 258 1226       Gurb Food 259 1224       Maori safety shoes Jandals 260 1223       Were you born in a tent? Unfamiliar with the concept of closing a door behind you. 261 1221       Better get some MOTION POTION The car needs some gas 262 1220       In the Rick Naked, no clothes on 263 1219       Home and hosed Safe, completed 264 1217       Shraps Money made up of coins. 265 1210       Bugger Nice way of saying "Oh Shit" or worse 266 1209       Dag someone who is a hard case, humorous, or funny 267 1209       Use you head for more than a hat-peg! Think about it... ie, use your brain! 268 1208       Rough as guts Unpolished 269 1206       Dragged through a prickle bush backwards Messed up clothes, especially after a big night on the piss 270 1201       sprogs another name for your kids 271 1198       Jack up To organise 272 1197       She'll be right Everything will be fine 273 1197       A few raspberries short of a punnet Not that bright 274 1195       hook-ups getting things discount through a mate, or a mate of a mate, or a mate of a mate of a mate 275 1193       Knickers in a twist Upset or angry 276 1187       Yonks A long time 277 1187       cheap skate person who always buys the cheaper product 278 1186       Charge like a wounded bull. Charge an outrageous price. 279 1185       Spill Tell all 280 1185       tickle ya fancy make you laugh 281 1182       Going at it like a one legged ass kicker Working hard 282 1181       The Ware Whare (wari fari) The Warehouse. Where everyone gets a bargain 283 1181       Mountain Oysters Lambs Balls-tasty treat 284 1179       Get off the grass Disbelief, similar to "Your pulling my leg?" 285 1176       There and back too see how far it is. An answer to "where are you going" 286 1168       box of fluffy ducks going well, feeling great 287 1167       Slops A kind of drink-mostly referred to beer 288 1166       1/2 Gallon Jar For beer 289 1165       kumara referred to a person who makes a mistake or does something stupid 290 1165       Kickin up a stink To lose your temper 291 1163       tight arse person who holds on to their money and doesnt want to spend, pay or shout anybody 292 1160       as dry as an Abo's armpit Thirsty 293 1158       A Crate a container for six Flagons, or 1/2 Gallon jars 294 1157       Lift doesnt go to top floor Not the full quid 295 1157       too much really good 296 1156       Loopy tourist/holiday maker from overseas 297 1155       Pea Pie&Pud A pie with pea's and potatoe. 298 1152       Second mouse get the cheese Early bird catches the worm, 2nd mouse get the cheese.( Sometimes a bit of patience is better) 299 1136       kissed as a piwi that drunk you cant even get your words write. 300 1125       Shiting through the eye of a needle The runs 301 1124       Back in a tick Will be back soon 302 1122       smoko Afternoon or morning tea 303 1121       Hard yakka Hard work 304 1119       Dont give a fiddlers fart Dont care 305 1113       Flagon drinking beer out of 306 1113       Guts for garters In big trouble 307 1109       As cheap as chips cost bugger all or nothing 308 1102       Guts full of arms and legs Pregnant lady 309 1089       crickey dick Expression of suprise 310 1081       Gut luggage Food to go 311 1081       Thunder Box Outside Toilet 312 1080       Cut some shapes on the D floor 313 1035       Wigwam for a goose's bridle Useless item [why would a goose need a bridle, let alone a wigwam to keep it in?] 314 1002       Kotunga Replacement car aerial fasioned from wire hanger 315 961       Mystery pack Competitors pie with dubious contents. 316 956       Brown Eye Flash your bottom 317 887