Words from different dialects of the same language that are synonymous
Example 1: The American word sidewalk is a metcalf of the British word pavement.
Example 2: Candy floss is a metcalf of cotton candy.
Example 3:
Person 1: The washroom is over there.
Person 2: What the heck is a washroom?
Person 1: It’s a metcalf for bathroom!
The act of promising the world but in fact, delivering sod all.
Petal: Hey Chris, where is that photo of Digger in a pink diamonte studded dog collar?
Chris: Uhh..um... I'll DEFINITELY bring it in tomorrow.
2 months later...
Petal: No photo? Shock. He's doing a Metcalf!
When a perfectly good car, ute, tractor, bobcat, drilling rig, truck comes into the possession of a Metcalfe it will never be the same again....ITS BEEN METCALFED!
You want $10,000 for that thing, no way, that's been well and truelly METCALFED!