Fibbing Fam

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/fibbing-friday-17th-november/

1. Macropinna Microstoma – It is a type of virus found on a mobile phone. They deleted photographs every time you tap the number nine.
2. Fossa – A word used by teenagers ‘‘What’s the fossa fam’’. The translation ‘Why are you causing such a fuss?’
3. Leafy Seadragon – Another name for seaweed.
4. Dik-Dik – The sound a clock makes when it is running fast and loses its tock.
5: Lilac-Breasted Roller – It is a new roller used to paint lilac walls. When you get past the age of sixty, your brain only sees that colour pallet.
6. Mata Mata – Teenagers used this term. ‘‘Mata Mata mate’’. The translation ‘‘What’s the matter with you?’’
7. Halitrephes Jelly – A jelly served to adults, which helps translate teenager’s slang.
8. Pacu – A dad who is queuing at the shops.
9. In teenage slang, ‘‘Gobi Jerboa’’ is a rough translation for someone who talks too much, like a gerbil at night.
10. Aye-Aye – In Shakespeare’s time, glasses were called Aye-Aye.