Huge Rooster Beats Off Hungry Fox

Tidbits gathered from BBC News:

Suffolk County Council formally elects Mark Bee leader.

"In April, Mr. Bee beat off competition from... "

Scotty McCreery wins American Idol.

"... beating off competition... "

Aussie woman, 89, beats off bandit with handbag.

"Used a handbag to beat off a knife-carrying... "

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Is it possible the term "beating off" means something different in British than in American?

To put it another way, would you REALLY beat off three guys to save your girl?

The word list grows. Need definition Help

Max is continually looking for contributions of British slang or phrases. Below is a sampling of the incredible support this blog has received during the past few weeks. Unbelievable! Of course, this list hardly begins to scratch the surface. You would really be doing us a favor if you would make a comment to this post and list your interesting words (and meanings, too--most are not obvious to Max, I'm afraid.) The book on the subject that some of us are putting together concentrates on usage in the UK itself, but Max really welcomes contributions from any country and anyone. THANKS A LOT!

The following words (not all are "slang") concentrate primarily on the Australian branch of the English language. How many of these can YOU define? (Thanks to Justine and Brett for all their help in collecting these words and so many more!) Caution!--definitions are not always obvious. Answers will appear later. NOTE; I HAVE STARTED TO PUT IN SOME DEFINITIONS NOW, AND THE ANWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.


gag, gagging
gob
powerpoint
brick shithouse
cactus
heaps
Tall Poppy Syndrome
pot
wag, wagging
A over T
Cark it
Cossie or cozzie
Dag
Dunny
“a bit more choke and you would have started”
Yonks
Ute
Stunned mullet
Spit the dummy
spunk
Franger
Goog
Holy snapping duckshit
jack
SFA (Sweet Fanny Adams)--but what does it mean??
Rice Bubbles
pull the pin
pash
pissing down
poof (or poofter)
nappy
sheila
Bogan
cunning stunts