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진짜 많이 쓰는 뉴질랜드 구어체 표현(Slang) , 꼭 알아야~

Robin-Hugh 2006. 11. 11. 08:31

뉴질랜드 영어를 보통 kiwi English라고 합니다.  독특한 억양, 발음 뿐만아니라 표현법도 매우 특이한게 많습니다. 

Kiwi English에 이어 일상 생활속에서 뉴질랜드인들이 가장 많이 쓰는 Slang을 소개합니다.  공부하고 알아야  대화가 들립니다. (자료:이민성) 

 

뉴질랜드의 통용 구어(Common slang)

뉴질랜드에서 자주 쓰이는 구어체 속어(slang) 리스트 의미. 

경고 – ‘아래 말을 때는 신중해야 됩니다.’

Awesome

Fine, excellent

Bach(배취)

A holiday home (also known as a crib in the South Island)

Barbie

Barbecue (also written as BBQ) - food cooked outside over a charcoal or gas fire

Beaut, beauty

Something good or outstanding. Often used ironically to mean the opposite

Bro

Term of address for a male friend or relative

Bright as a button

Looking fresh, alert

Bright spark

Intelligent, alert, attentive, awake

Bring a plate

Everyone brings food to share. Don't bring an empty plate.

 (port luck)이라고도 합니다. 접시에 음식을 하나씩 갖고 오세요

Bush

New Zealand's native forest

Bushed, had it

Exhausted

BYO

Bring Your Own. A BYO restaurant is a restaurant that allows customers to bring their own wine to drink with their meal. (식당에 BYO라고 써있으면 자신이 마실 술을 갖고 들어갈 있습니다. 따주기, 유리잔 준비 서비스 요금을 조금씩 주게 됩니다)

Chocker

Full

Choice

Fine, excellent

Chunder

To vomit (토하다, 게우다)

Clean as a whistle

Sparkling clean

Clown

Term of abuse, idiot (바보)

Crook

To be ill or unwell. Also means a thief (아프다 또는 도둑놈)

Cuz

Term of address for friend or relative (친구. 친척임을 강조할 )

Dag

An amusing person, a character

Dork

An idiot or a physically uncoordinated person

Dough

Money

Drive around the bend

Annoy so much you lose your temper

Drongo

A term of abuse, idiot

Dude

A cool or good looking male (멋진 녀석인데)

Fade

Type of hair cut that is very short at the back and over the ears and gradually becomes longer on top

Feed

A meal

Flat tack

At top speed

Foxy, fox

Used to describe a cool or good looking person of either sex

Fully

I agree

G'dday

Greeting meaning hello

Got the blues

Used to describe a sad state of mind (기분이 우울할 )

Greenie

A conservationist (환경보호주의자)

Gumboots

Waterproof rubber boots (called Wellingtons in Britain) 장화

Grog

Alcohol

Grouse

Fine, excellent, often used to express delight

Hard case

A tough but likeable person, an eccentric person

Hard graft

Hard work

Head over heels

Usually describing somebody who is very very happy (아주 행복한 사람을 지칭할 )

Heart of gold

Describing a person who is very kind

Hook up

Meet up or join in

Hoon

A noisy person, a lout (시끄러운 사람, 소리가 사람)

In a spin

Usually when too many things happen all at one time or too many choices (한꺼번에 너무 많은 일이 일어날 , 너무 많은 선택을 해야될 )

Jandals

Rubber sandals or thongs (called flip flops in Britain) 샌달

Joker

A man

Kiwi

New Zealand native bird symbol. New Zealander

Lolly

The usual word for a confection or sweet 사탕류

Mate

A friend, also a term of address

Mission

An adventure

Mongrel

A term of abuse or contempt for a person

Mullet

A type of haircut where the hair is short and spiky on top and long and straggly at the back (원래 청어를 뜻하는 것인데 ….)

Munted

To be broken or distorted

Narley

Cool, good

Nerd

A boring person

Nifty

Good (applied to a thing) –훌륭한

No worries

Common phrase of agreement

On to it

Efficient or intelligent

On a high

A good feeling that can come from success

Once in a blue moon

Very rarely, seldom, almost never

Paddock

A field, also a sports pitch (잔디 목장, 운동장)

Paint the town red

To go out and have a good time

Piker

Someone who opts out of an activity

Pootang

Gross or disgusting

Pop on over/ pop in

Come and visit me at my house

Potluck dinner

Everyone brings prepared food to share with all the guests

Pressie

A present (gift)

Pub

A bar where alcoholic drinks are served over the counter

Rapt

Very pleased

Rellie

A relation or relative

Rough ride

A difficult experience

She'll be right

Everything is going to be OK

Shocking

Very bad

Shout

To treat your friends to something such as a drink or a meal

Skite

To boast. A boaster or showoff

Smoko

Coffee or tea break

Snowed under

Usually has too much work or responsibility

Spuds

Potatoes

Sticks

Remote or rural district, the countryside

Stinge/Stingy

Not generous with your money

Stoked

Very excited

Sweet as

Great

Swot

Study hard, especially before an exam

Ta

Thanks

Tinnie

Can of beer

Tinny

Lucky

To take for a ride

To deceive or trick someone

Togs

Swimming costume

Tucker

Food

Turn to custard

Collapse of ideas, schemes, plans

Unc/Unco

An uncoordinated person, often used as an insult or taunt

Under the weather

Feeling off colour, unwell, tired

Uni

University

Varsity

University

Veggies

Vegetables

Wicked

Fine, excellent

Wop-wops

Remote or rural district, the countryside