Ah hello to all my followers in commonwealth countries. It seems that your nations' lexicons are chockablock with shared terms.
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@starsandrobots My schedule is chockas.#CannotOutAbbreviateAnAussie
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We'd all be better off if we adopted the antipodean usage of "heaps" tbh
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The sole downside of "heaps" is we'd've never met the alot http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html …pic.twitter.com/KYGSTAMCbW
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@starsandrobots sounds like something from Ben & Jerry's... Chunky Monkey, Cherry Garcia, ChockaBlock -
@liliakai I initially guessed a chockablock was something you'd haul a car onto - my American showing, I guess :) - End of conversation
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My mom used that phrase all the time when I was growing up in NH, but I don't think we have any Irish ancestry. I seldom hear it in TN.
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Brits occasionally say stuff like; the traffic in the city centre was chock-a-block during rush hour. (Heaps (fig) of cars, barely moving.)
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i love using chockablock. i usually always tack full on there: my calendar is chockablock full :)
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@starsandrobots It definitely gets used in australia, nfi where it originated from though. - 1 more reply
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@starsandrobots Everyone in my circle of Brits knows it, but it’s only ever my Irish mum who says it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots quite a common British term as well. :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots Popular here in Australia too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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