A Helpful Guide For Immigrants In New Zealand To Common Slang In The Country

To be able to speak well and communicate even better is a thing that many immigrants want to do. It does not matter what country but they want to be able to adapt well and are quite proud when they are able to do that well. And in the case of immigrants who have chosen to move to New Zealand, though most of the country speaks English and it is the main language spoken there, there are still some slang that they need to learn. That is why this article is here and the main goal of this is to help new immigrants and potential immigrants learn some of the slang in the country.

 

Here are some of those slang used in New Zealand that can be very helpful for the new people there.

 

Drongo

 

In New Zealand, this term actually is used to mean abuse or is used to refer to an idiot.

 

Walter was not too keen on his mother asking him to take out the trash every night. He even thinks it is totally drongo.

 

Dude

 

A dude definitely is a male person. However, this term actually means a male who is cool or who is good-looking.

 

On the day that Deanna met her cousin and her cousin’s friend, she couldn’t help but think that her cousin’s friend was quite a dude.

 

Feed

 

In New Zealand, when person uses the term ‘feed’, it should mean ‘a meal’.

 

Gabriel totally forgot about the important things in life including getting some feed because he was too busy working on his project.

 

Flat tack

 

This slang actually is used by people to mean that something is going at top speed.

 

Jess was rushing to get to her appointment downtown and took the first available cab she saw. What she didn’t realize was that the cab was old and rickety and even if it was flat tack, the older cabs were just zooming past it.

 

Greenie

 

When a person in New Zealand has been referred to as a greenie, this actually refers to a person who is a conservationist.

 

There is really no better place to look for a greenie than New Zealand. The environment itself is quite great proof.

 

Gumboots

 

This slang is actually used to mean rubber boots that are waterproof.

 

One of the things that Melinda forgot to pack for their outdoor trip was a pair of gumboots.

 

Grog

 

It may sound like a friendly monster from the marshes but in New Zealand, ‘grog’ actually means ‘alcohol’.

 

Shane had quite an eventful week and he had been super busy. That is why when his friends asked him if he would like to go out for some grog, he did not have to think about it at all.

 

 

 

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