RAOW -- 4 letters which have established a cult following. Began originally as "rrrrrroooowwww" (we were young and stupid O.K. *cough*), but later developed into it's current form after repeated use at Zed concert October 4th. Celebrity followers include Chris Hobbs, Coldplay, Adrian Palmer and most prolifically Propsboy. Also the name of exclusive 7-member club raow. Is most effective when used in combination with asterixes ie. *raow*
A1 -- They're all too ugly to be a boy band (according to Rae *sobs*), make ugly videos full of ugly people, and only their remakes go to #1. Deserve a mention for being so...ugly...and one of them is called Ben *minus one further point for tarnishing the name*.
Alice -- The name of our swinging-house maid (nothing to do with any member of Zed...maybe...;) Also the name of Brady Bunch maid (one very big coincidence).
Basement -- Where everyone goes when the closet gets too packed (Ben has one).
Baybe-e-e-e-e-e-e -- Listen to the beginning of Drivers!!
Ben There, Dom That -- Been There, Done That *salutes the guy at Coldplay wearing a BTDT t*.
Bergin, Dr. Michael -- Our in-house swinging doctor, also known as Berg.
Black Caps – NZ cricket team. O.K. so they suck, but Parore and Franklin can visit our closet anytime! (And Alice 2/Nathan 2 is always welcome to clean woop!)
Bob the Builder – "Can he fix it? Yes he can!" (Amy’s fave).
Campbell, Ben -- 5’9", went to Cashmere High, although born in Sydney Australia. Loves Lindauer, zedquarters and dodgy cards. Distinguishing features – le bret, belly button piercing and, ah, yeah *rumours rumours* In some people’s opinion is not suited to fame. Reputation as a charmer, which anyone who’s met him will confirm. Benji *rocks*.
Campinos -- "Small, smooth and unashamedly good" Can be shortened to 'Campbys', and should have a warning on the packet (if you eat too many you feel sick). Made in Palmerston North.
Cashmere – Where the famous Cashmere High is (Bic Runga went there as well as ½ of hjt).
Classy! -- Nathan King – Space -- 15th December 2000.
Closet -- Where we all meet every night (at about 1...unless people have gone to tvnz) No particular closet, but has to be sturdy and wooden.
Closet-worthy -- Worthy of being in the closet (obviously), although most closet-worthy guys are suspected to play for the other team *couch*.
Cockaping! -- Hmm yes well...it's a sound that something makes when...*use your imagination*.
Coldplay -- Very laidback, down-to-earth guys who love Zed (or so we made Chris write *eg*) Also a fave of Zed.
Columbus, Ray -- Zed’s manager who in his heyday was THE Ray Columbus of Ray Columbus and the Invaders (htf do I know that?!). Managed the Chicks (?), which Andy’s Mum was half of. Psh and who hasn’t heard "she’s a mod she’s a mod she’s a mod yeah yeah yeah"? *scared*
Corn – Everyone knows what corn is...and it’s all about it!
Couch -- Situated behind tvnz and relation of the newest addition, the signed BDO couch. Sitting/lying on the original is dangerous due to the presence of a large number of spiky bracelets. Advanced entrance behind tvnz of wearing white pants (ah ha now you know why Dom wears them *raow*).
Creme -- Screaming teenybopper magazine which almost always features Zed (or is that just an excuse for you to buy it huh Aims? *fftt*). Relation of whipped creme.
"Dick" -- Feature film starring Kirsten Dunst which Aims and Saz immediately saw themselves personified in. Fine examples of screaming girls and making friends with people in high places by accident (ie. President Nixon, Dominic Bowden).
Dom -- Substitute for "damn". Also nickname for Dominic Bowden (our best friend), whose fave Zed member is Nath.
Drivers Side – The side of the car true Zed fans will sit on (lol that’s so boy-band obsession!).
Dunst, Kirsten – Star of "Bring It On" among others, but most importantly Savage Garden’s IKILY vid :)
Ehhhhhhh -- Extremely annoying term used when you just can't be bothered answering someone (yep it pisses the hell outta people -- why do ya think we used it for so long?!).
Escort -- Aims runs an escort service specialising in "Fine Wine and Good Company" -- yep well that's not what Howie told me *fftt*.
*fftt* -- Fudge fudge twink twink...got changed to "blink blink" roundabout the start of November.
Frolic -- Term used to describe absence from school classes *cough*. Originated when Aims and I were skipping down the corridors during study (singing Mary Poppins?!). Now mostly used if you're going somewhere. Often altered to...
Froglick -- Which Saz spelt wrongly one day.
Girl Thing -- One band who can easily surpass Coldplay in the fine music stakes "It’s a, girl thing for life, baby it’s alright".
Heavy Jones Trio -- Supported Zed on their Silencer tour. Messageboard for the band very well screwed up by Aims and Amy (now that's classy!). Lead singer Kelly Horgan (as well as making the closet list), posted that he didn't want to be involved in stupid teenage games and be known as Cyril, before asking to be known instead as Norman.
Hey Day -- Term used when we spot old people ("That's us in our hey day!!") Whole hjt messageboard have been given hey day names, but Amy's is the only one that's stuck so far (lucky for you huh Ethel? *g*).
"If you...incest" -- (To normal people "If you insist") Said in front of Nath at BDO’01 when Fran was saying something about her and Michael. Originated from the whole sisters' names thing (which Ben now knows thanks to Saz *cringe*) .
Islam, Yousif – Andy’s godfather.
Jolly Raspberry -- Our official beverage ("Coz it's sweet, cheap and does the job!" -- Ben Campbell).
King, Nathan – 5’9", ex-Head Boy of Cashmere High, Sagittarius (what else?!) Lead singer and guitarist. Likes ¾ pants (*raow*?!), has a hysterical contagious laugh (e.g. start of Parklife on Space). Goes with the flow baybee! Nath *rocks*. www.nathanking.com
Lacrosse -- Sport which Aims and Saz are planning to get the whole school involved in (our chess team at least), and yes we realise we should stop watching American Pie ("How sweet it is to be loved by you shoo be do be do wop wop").
Lynch, Andy -- 5’4", born in England in 1979. Joined Zed in March 2000. Attended Rangitoto College on Auckland’s North Shore (apparently). Blonde dreads, Guitarist of the Year. And can we mention Andy without mentioning the Just Juice ad? Gotta love that little dance woop! Andy *rocks*.
Palmer, Adrian -- Tall, Cashmere High, "the drummer" (listen to live "Parklife"). Described as the clown of the band. Used to go out with Nath’s sister (it’s public knowledge!!) A lot of mothers like him for some reason (?!). Age *rocks*.
Pink -- International pop star with more than a passing interest in our Andy. Tongue or no tongue, Alesha Moore?
PMS -- Post Mortal Sparky, originated when the Sparkle Girls couldn’t find any cards except dodgy PMS ones, and decided to give Age one...
Porn Star -- Aims' primary occupation. Also one of Ben's fave t-shirt labels (Aims...seriously -- how'd you get him to wear it?? ;)
Psh -- An expression used for, um...psh.
Roswell -- Very high closet factor w/inclusion of Jason Behr and Brendan Fehr in the show (and their surnames rhyme...awww :) Supposedly turning into a cross between The X-Files and Dawson's Creek -- psh who cares as long as Max and Michael continue the raow factor?!
Saget, Bob -- Why do you think we watched
all those Full House repeats? For Danny
Tanner of course.
Skope/scope -- Amy's word for stalking...or at least looking really hard for someone without wanting it to sound dodgy (ie. "I scoped out Ben and Andy in the corporate box").
sfststaf ["super fine super triggin' storm trooper action figure"] -- Megs' and Rae's website, where Sarah first made contact with Megs (early guestbook entry).
Space -- Late Friday night music show, hosted by Dominic and Jaquie.
Sparkle Girls -- (formed 26 November 2000) Three gorgeous girls who sparkled their way up Queen St...got called "the Sparkle Girls" by Anthony Ray...somehow ended up on Space and looking like dorks on tv. Ahh, class :)
Spears, Britney -- Occasional closet-dweller, endorsed (can people be endorsed?) by the Church of England as an ambassador for virginity, but lives with Justin "look at my cream skivvy" Timberlake *man are we jealous *couch*. Needless to say Zed like her (and sign posters of Brit in dodgy places *ahem* ;).
Swinging house -- Dominic told us to watch "Swingers", somehow we ended up with a swinging house in which all the raow'ers and their partners co-exist *raow* Suggested suburbs for swinging house/houses include the Devonport/Stanley Bay area and Cashmere.
Vibe – When Andy’s dreads decided to stick out at a weird angle on Space, we told Dom who said "it’s the vibe!"
Westlife -- Irish Boy band with 7 #1 UK singles etc etc etc...Megs occupies Mark, Aimee Shane and Sarah Nicky....while Bryan looks like Aims’ twin brother – seriously! (Rae you can have Kian).
Woo woo! -- Used in times of excitement...we must be excited all the dom time woo woo!
Woop woop! -- (see above).
"You suck, Dick" – Not dodgy at all...once you’ve seen the movie "Dick".
Zed – Kiwi band of the pop-rock persuasion.
ZM – Radio station which organised
the February 5 private concert.
George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be...