| 释义 |
barry
noun- a youth who drives up and down a Fenland village street with very loud music blaring from the car’s sound-system and, apparently, a hoe sticking out of the boot UK: ENGLAND
Local teen slang, probably originally mocking an actual boy called Barry; a pun in the detailed HO/HOE - Ben, a sixth-form college student [...] was incredulous that [government minister, Ivan] Lewis didn’t know what a “barry” was [...] But don’t be surprised if before long we get a “Don’t be a Barry” campaign from the DfES. — The Guardian, 29 June 2004
- something shockingly bad AUSTRALIA, 1997
- A Barry could be used to describe a particularly bad day or happening/event. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
|