Maybe if you say ‘I’m going to the beach’ and a Kiwi replies ‘Choice’, what they mean is ‘That’s a great choice for you to have made’. And now, as a result of living in New Zealand since I was ten years old, I overuse the word ‘awesome’.)Īnother word Kiwis use interchangeably with ‘awesome’ is ‘choice’ – ‘I’m going to the beach.’ / ‘Choice.’ At primary school, we sang a song that included the line ‘New Zealand is choice.’ After a certain amount of confusion as to why and how a word that means ‘decision’ could come to be used in the place of ‘awesome’, I realised that you can also have ‘choice’ cuts of meat – ‘choice’ as in ‘the best’, or, perhaps, ‘the ones that would be chosen first’ or ‘a good choice’. ‘Sweet as’ is often used interchangeably with ‘awesome’ – ‘I got some milk.’ / ‘Awesome, put it in the fridge.’ (I should add that Kiwis tend to use the word ‘awesome’ to describe things that are in actual fact quite unremarkable. Though ‘sweet as’ is the most common, practically any adjective can be placed before the ‘as’ – such as ‘dark as’, as in, ‘It’s dark as in here’. (Which means ‘It’s really dark in here’.) When I first moved to New Zealand, it was hard to get used to saying something like ‘I’m just going to the toilet’ and hearing ‘Sweet as’ in response – I mean sweet as what, for goodness’ sake? The act of going to the toilet is hardly sweet! The problem is that ‘sweet as’ can mean many things, from a simple ‘okay’ to ‘really awesome’, as in ‘This beach is sweet as’. Kiwis have a disconcerting habit of not finishing similes. Here’s a list of ten silly things that Kiwis say – things I hastily had to make sense of when we emigrated from England. You might find this stuff useful to know if you’re planning to hire a campervan in New Zealand: We've arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find.Every country has its slang, those silly little words and phrases that make absolutely no sense to outsiders. New Zealand is no exception.

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for HAPPENINGWe hope that the following list of synonyms for the word happening will help you to finish your crossword today.

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