The word 'malversation' refers to corruption among public officials. (And I thought it meant a conversation with me! Ba-dum-chhhh)
SKID
A person, generally young, who wears dirty clothes and has messy or unkempt hair. Skids wear rock band tshirts, skulk around in packs downtown or hang out on street corners, and are what some may refer to as 'undesirables'. Typically jobless, skids rarely have any money to spend.
NOTE that the term skid has recently been reclaimed by the hipster crowd. I have coined the term 'skidster' to describe these types; they drink PBR, wear dirty jeans, and hang out at dive bars in the DTES. I probably fit this definition better than the original term.
More definitions for 'skid' at UrbanDictionary...
My social experiment was successful. We have determined that 'skid' is a Canadian term. SKID ROW FOREVER!!! As Tamara said, "haha, i'm from alberta, i totally know what skid means..."
And if you really want to see what a skid is:
ladyexxa says...
Skid Life: http://www.skidlife.com/index.php/article/show/id/110
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actually, kinda lame after 2 seconds! like a skid.
Meshell weighs in...
I got called a "dirty skid" in high school every day because of my doc martins and marilyn manson tshirts... not really sure what skid means.. wasn't the actually definition "street kid in distress"?
sarahg uses the word 'scrub' to describe something similar.
Following is a dictionary of local slang compiled from the comments left on my last entry.
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86'ed or 86ing: Kitchen slang. 86'ed or 86ing something means your out of it/getting rid of.
- GeorgeLiquor
A-LAR-bage: Say loudly, heavy emphasis on second syllable, use bad Italian accent. Means "garbage." Throw something while saying it.
- ladyexxa
Bag lady shoed: Any black ballet flat wearer is a bag lady with broken dreams. Right?? "oh you're all bag lady shoed out."
- ladyexxa
Brain wanking: I use it to refer to endless mulling over things, not thinking about having a wank, which bizarrely a lot of people assume. I think it's a fantastic creation and am ever so keen on spreading this neologism.
- Moira
Chate: Where I grew up, "chate" was slang for "cheap" or "lame." If you ever hear someone say it, they are 110% from Oakville, ON.
- fluxuation
Chuch chuch maruch: pretentious articles of clothing, accessories and the wearer. Shiny oversized sunglasses are a good example, and you use it like so: "Well YOU are looking all chuch chuch maruch in those glasses."
- ladyexxa
Chuffing: fucking, as in 'fucking hell' and not the act of fornication.
- Napally
Effervescent: BellJar's favourite word. Please give her excuses to use it.
Fluff Neck: A weak or delicate person. Some one with no business being a rough neck.
- marksman303
Foccacia: Where the focaccia mate? (as in, the bread) and it means "Where the fuck are ya?" or ... How the focaccia bro? is, similarly, "How the fuck are you?"
- Goldfish
Fucktard: Something Rosaleigh says a lot. She is not sure if it counts.
Hyper-gnar: More gnarly than gnarly.
- Tristan98103
Jamballs: similar to, yet stronger than awesome... like giving a high five on a roller coaster.
- dronehymn
Kief ('Keef'), keef, kiff: (Something that's nice.) Like the all-encompassing "nice", used by semi-literate English speakers the world over, it can be used in any context, and is a convenient way to express a limited vocabulary. "This chow is kief ek s." (This food is delicious I tell you). "I just had such a kief wave." Can be spelled keef (drawing on the syllable emphatically) or kiff, a shorter, sharper version.
- navanod
King: Good, great. Dude, that is so king!
- bhavok
Lank: (A lot, much, many) Originates from the Afrikaans word lank ('lunk'), which means "long". Now it's used as an all-encompassing South African adjective to boost the size of things, whether objects, emotions, or whatever. "There are lank people in the water.", "I dig her lank." or "He's lank horny."
- navanod
Mardy: annoyed/pissed-off, i.e, "I was feeling so mardy with her anyway..."
- Napally
Mawngy: apathetic, sullen, sulky. Usually used in the third person, "She's a bit mawngy today, isn't she?"
- mat8drb
Nose Bleed: Also, I was tired of hearing "hardcore" all the time. So a few friends and I replaced it with "nose bleed." It didnt really take off, but I still use it. I'm a loser for it.
- SpidersAndArrows
Stoked: (Totally amped up, revved up, happy) "The oke was so stoked after making that wave."
- navanod (and me, too)
Tune ('Choon'): (To tell, to talk, to provoke) For instance, "Don't tune me grief" (Don't give me your bullshit) or "Are you tuning me kak?" (Are you giving me shit?). "Tune me the ages" (Tell me the time)
- navanod
Use the Horn: Put some effort in. Example; "Use the horn, chules."
- punchdrunkblake
What's the score?: its similar to saying " so what's the deal or what's going on?"
- bhavok
Wonky: Aka: weird, odd.
- crayolacrayon
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