Tinny

An adjective meant to describe a word unpleasant to the sound or pronunciation. Opposite of Woody.

"'Sausage'! There's a good woody sort of word, 'sausage'. 'Gorn.'"
"'Antelope!'"
"Where? On the lawn?"
"No, no, Daddy. Just the word."
"Don't want antelope nibbling the hoops."
"No, no -- 'ant-e-lope'. Sort of nice and woody type of thing."
"Don't think so, Becky old chap."
"No, no -- 'antelope' - 'antelope', 'tinny' sort of word."
-- "The Woody Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Tinny

YOU'RE ALL WRONG

A tinny is a New Zealand/Australian slang word for a small aluminum boat

Mate 1: wanna head out in the tinny this arvo?
Mate 2: awh fuckin oath, sounds mean!

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Tinnie

Hard rock music as in Dio,Guns N Roses,Motley Crue,Ozzy,
AC/DC,Blue Oyster Cult,and etc. that hurts moms that love soft rock such as Fleetwood Mac,Elton John,Minutemen,Police,
Foreigner,Journey,Genesis,and etc. that sounds as if it was played with speakers made out of a tin can.

My mom says Blue Oyster Cult is 2 tinnie...
Well if I can't hear guitar than it ain't good...

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tinny rat

A child aged 12 + years with a newly acquired boat licence, driving in a tinny with an outboard motor.

I'm not tying up the boat for you tinny rat that's your job!

Tinnies in the park

Eating a tin of baked beans in the park with the lads

Wanna go for some tinnies in the park?

tinnie house

Somewhere you by weed

Hey bro, lets go down to the tinnie house

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Cracking a tinny

Opening and drinking from a tin can of beer

My friend how about cracking a tinny?