'Ants

Fictional character in the Masonized version of 99 Red Balloons from the 1980s rock and roll band Nena. Lyrics by Kevin McAlea and Mason Thorne. Performed live at the 'Rickets in 2018.

First recorded use: "Me and 'Ants in a little toy shop, bought a bag of baloons with the money we got." 2018, from lyrics by Kevin McAlea and Mason Thorne.

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'Rickets

1. A run down industrial property that has been re-purposed as a home or gathering place. Word derived from the rickety nature of the structures and the sound of crickets when the project begins.

2. English, Australian slang. A place where undesirables congregate. See ricket, phloid, larrikin

Welcome to the 'Rickets. Make yourself at home.

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'Ricket

'Ricket, noun - A mistake (UK Slang)

Drop a 'ricket - To make a mistake (UK Slang)

First recorded use: "It's in the law of averages that if you are chopping all day you must at some time make a 'ricket and chop your hand or something." -Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, p. 29. 1958

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