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• Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: Relax NG Projects
• From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
• Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:44:12 -0400
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[Steven Noels]

> Michael Kay wrote:
>
>  > Can someone please explain the verb "to whiteant" so someone who is not
>  > a native speaker of the American language?
>
> Google is your friend: http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#W
>
> Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying
> it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate
> salesman might whiteant another agent's property.
>
> Not that it makes much more sense to me now :-s
>

Ah, like "badmouth" in American but more picturesque.

Tom P

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