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stranger
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stranger
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Does anyone know the origins of the word 'chiack', which in Australia means to tease and banter, but I think sometimes has a 'harder' meaning in the UK? (See my blog post http://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/2008/06/crow-brothers.html which has prompted this query)
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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OED gives it as a variant of "chi-hike", while Random House unabr. has "prob. alter. of cheek". in any case, jeering and banter can always become nasty.
-joe (one of the nasty boys) friday
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old hand
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old hand
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I always thought it was 'shiack' - that's how it's pronounced - I don't know that I've ever seen it written down in a sentence. It means to skylark around, and maybe it is partly a homophoone of that word and another word combined? I don't know.
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