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ngä kii - sjc lingo
So some of this stuff is universally Mäori, but some are flat-out SJC specific. Enjoy the read...

 

bay: expression used whenever one feels it appropriate e.g. whatever bay... et bay... yes bay! It usually starts or ends any sentence you like.

biarch: common slang to describe each other BUT always said with love :O) Also synomonous with tart, slut, retard etc.

bleeps: if you learnt anything from English classes, this is an onomatapoeia (a what?) for our skool intercom! "bleeeeeep...bleeeep....bleeeep e oho kotiro mä"

charf: charfing back, to munch hard! This was particularly achievable with all 5 packets of Biguns chippies you returned to kura with after each holidays!

cloud 9: cloud leffen positive: state of euphoria & bliss; negative: your head is in the clouds and you better come back down to earth!

coastie: koutou no te Tairäwhiti... East Coasters.

cubes: 6th form cubicles! the place you aspired to sleep in... having your own cube = bliss.

cut: emphasised with pointed index finger and extended thumb and then the hand movement from right to left across the body. You may even add a arched eyebrow for extra effect!! This hand action was eventually applied to emphasise whatever you thought was crap.

defects: aka prefects.

domestics: having a 'spat' so to speak with a close friend? more often than not that's what this kupu was used for.

dorms: dormitories of course.

flat out: used to emphasis the truth or express agreement!

gat: twang... a guitar

group comps: annual group 'kapa haka' performance that used to be a comp apparently back in the 80's... Couldn't quite drop the name tho now could we?

hori: self-explantory

[name] 'i roto i te whare': No not as in who was in our 6th form common room, it was used to say someone was cool like "[name] is in da house!" Unlike piripiri from biddybiddy, this transliteration is definitely a sign of the times.

judder-bar: hairdo of the early nineties resulting in a judder-bar affect at the start of the hairline. Was very popular...

jumped: leaving skool grounds via the fence.

kaipipes: moke interchangeable with cigarette; kaipapa; hikareti; smoke; a few puffs if you were lucky. SJC was prolly where you learnt to gut-drag.

kinge, dicky: george just had to feature here coz we all used it and often.

mahoori: slang to describe us natives.

makachilli: maka cold, chilly. Deriving from makariri this kupu was probably most used in Winter even though you may have glued yourself to the heaters to combat pneumonia.

marion: steps marae atea

kura: other maori boarding skools in no particular order of course... Pet - Hato Petera; Paora - Hato Paora; T.A. - Te Aute; Tip - St Stephen's; Huk - Hukarere; Queen Vic - Queen Victoria; Turax - Turakina

no shit sherlock: you ain't telling me nothing new...

number 1's: formal dress attire and act of fashion suppression - grey skirt; white shirt; blazer; stockings & those ugly black regs.

oakes: for sure expression of agreement.

pumping: going hard!

regs: regulation slightly heeled black shoes for number 1 dress. Very ug...particularly the ones that came out in fifth form with the pucker effect!

scuffs: adidas slip on shoes, complimented by your name and what skool you supported written with vivid on the white lines or twink on the blue or both! Was also a handy method to stop them being stolen but nothing was ever theif-proof at SJC. Also had the complete opposite effect to that of regs! scuff scuff scuff... another onomatapoeia (a what?)

sloppy joes: slops any attendee of SJC :O)

snapped: raptured caught out (gulp)!

stinkers: terds third formers. We even celebrated this kupu by dedicating a concert to them...

syke: psych hard one to describe really... You may be psyching out and need to 'calm down' or you may be given the arrogant whatever 'skye' in response to something usually not to clever.

Tarps: 5th form study hall - Tapiri. Often used as one of the many hangouts for smokers due its strategic position!

the 'I': used with a bit of 'tone' to refer to yourself.

walks: typically 1 hours leave from the premises and the opportunity to feed your face on garlic butter or crazy salt chips!

10: 10 miriona; 10 billion expression used to under or over-emphasis the actual e.g. 'there were 10 billion people there' i.e. it was a big crowd or alternatively there was hardly a soul there.

Thought of some lingo or got other descriptions? Then send your mea to the site contact via the link below and I'm sure you can be hooked up!

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