Salty

I thought "salty" only very recently acquired this meaning (see the other entries). However, I came across it in a book published in 1969 "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein near the top of page 32.

'Don't jump salty, beautiful"

Bozo

A foolish or incompetent person who doesn't care about others.

"Some bozo on a motorbike almost ran me over just now."

Am fairly sure was said by Client Eastward in one of his movies, but couldn't find which one.

kuzinduka

Re-awakening, Renaissance.

I believe first used in this way by Dr Marimba Ani in her book, "Let the Circle Be Broken". Originally taken from a phrase meaning, "Get up early", but now increasing used in its metaphorical sense of Re-awakening or Renaissance.

(It's not really slang, but if one looks it up it's more contemporary meaning is not given.)

The Kuzinduka in exploring traditional aesthetically African design styles to construct buildings more functional and appropriate to African climates.

Rawr

I thought it came from the old joke,

You: What winks and fucks like a tiger?"

Them: "I don't know."
You: wink and make a tiger noise.

"What winks and fucks like a tiger?"

"I don't know."
"Rawr."

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tallywagon

Name given to the Toyota Hilux pickup truck, originally by British soldiers, because of it's popularity with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

First came across the word in a novel by Andy McNab (forget which, but think it may have been"Exit Wounds").

"Where's your truck parked?"
"It's the the tallywagon over there."

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Frontyard hard

Refers to a time when you trained martial arts, but didn't have access to martial arts classes and did all your training in the front yard.
Also it's about making stuff happen when you have very little.

The expression was coined by a member of the group Da'Mon Stith trains with. First recorded use was by Da'Mon Stith in a Facebook livestream on 7th July 2020.

"Tell us about when you first started martial arts."
"It was all frontyard hard where I was a kid."

Pissed up the wall

To have spent money buying alcohol to drink.

Came across it c.50years ago when a teenager on a building site.
I think it may be where "pissed up" meaning to be drunk came from.

Foreman: "It's Monday and he asked for a sub, he got paid on Friday! All his wages pissed up the wall"
Me: "What's pissed up the wall?"
Foreman: "What? Oh, it's going out and getting drunk."
Me: ....?
Foreman: "Staggering home they'll feel like a piss and go against the nearest wall: what they'd spent their wages on just gets pissed up the wall."

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