Country Dictionary

One Twenty

A one to one meeting where the organiser does not turn up

My boss pulled a one twenty on me. I turned up for a meeting that they organised and they told me after they forgot all about it and will have to rebook

Slawit

When you email a complaint or query to a company and send it to the company's competitor

I made a slawit mistake, I complained about the amount of fizz in Coca Cola and sent it to Pepsi instead

Becky Effect

Nothing works until someone else touches it

The Becky Effect is when someone cannot get a device or piece of equipment to work, yet the following person using the same methodology has no problems at all.