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Old December 14, 2011, 09:58 AM
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Rough sleepers are homeless people.
Trolleys are shopping carts.
Ticket tokes(or toques) are scalpers.
What's a punter?
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Old December 14, 2011, 11:41 AM
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I think you mean "ticket touts".

A "punter" can be one of several things. Off the top of my head, it can mean at least the following:
  • Someone who punts a boat (propels it by means of a pole). He's a useless rower but a decent punter.
  • A gambler. A punter at Pontefract races collected 24 thousand pounds for a 10p investment.
  • Someone who's game to give something a go. The next punter stepped up.
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Old December 14, 2011, 12:05 PM
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More generally, a 'punter' is a common slang term for a customer of any business.
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What's a bloody wobbler?
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Old December 22, 2011, 02:36 AM
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What's a bloody wobbler?
I can't tell whether the question is

What's a "bloody wobbler"? or
What's a bloody "wobbler"?

Without context, my guess is either:

1. A cricket term for a slow ball bowled which bounces in an unpredictable manner, i.e. meaning to do something sneaky.
2. To have a temper tantrum (which I have always known as "to throw a wobbly", but there could be variations).
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Old December 28, 2011, 05:55 PM
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I would say it isn't a temper tantrum because you don't refer to someone as a "wobbler" if they have a bad temper.

However, perikles, you are most correct with the phrase "to chuck/throw a wobbly" (in which "chuck" is just a slightly more slang or bogan way to say it.)
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I like the one about naming the various parts of a car.
Yank: We call it a trunk. After all, look who invented the automobile.
Britisher: We call it a boot. After all, look who invented the language.
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Yank: We call it a trunk. After all, look who invented the automobile.
Do I have to know German to understand this?
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Old January 02, 2012, 05:58 PM
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Do I have to know German to understand this?
Well, you're right, invented probably wasn't the best choice of words. Maybe popularized or mass-marketed or something of the sort, would be closer to the mark.

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Old January 02, 2012, 09:52 PM
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To get pissed means to get angry in the United States.
In Britain is means to get drunk.
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