What is a Jaffa in Cockney?

(slang) An impotent or infertile male.

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What does Jaffa mean in Cockney?

jaffa - to be 'seedless' as in infertile, one who 'fires blanks'

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Why are infertile men called jaffas?

A type of sweet orange, normally seedless. (slang) An impotent or infertile male. The term comes from the "seedless" orange. "I've heard he's a jaffa."

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What does Jaffa mean?

Jaffa is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beautiful.” It derives from the ancient port city of the same name in Israel, which is known as Yafo in Hebrew and Yafa in Arabic.

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What is a Jaffa in Australia?

Jaffas are an Australian-New Zealand registered trademark for a small round sweet consisting of a solid, orange flavoured chocolate centre with a hard covering of red coloured confectionery. The name derives from the Jaffa orange. The sweet is part of both Australiana and Kiwiana.

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Cockney Rhyming Slang

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Why is a good delivery called a Jaffa?

JAFFA. A jaffa is a pitch that's exceptionally good. Also known as a corker, the origin of the cricket sense of jaffa is unclear. Jaffa originally referred to an ancient port in Israel, and then a sweet, thick-skinned orange grown near that port.

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What are Jaffas called now?

Jaffas have become one of the all-time Australian classics. They're now sold under Nestlé's Allen's brand.

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What is absolutely Jaffa?

Jaffa (also corker) an exceptionally well bowled, practically unplayable delivery, usually but not always from a fast bowler.

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What language is the word Jaffa?

this is a telugu language word.it means a fool hey how jaffa(fool) are you.

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Is it Jaffa or Yaffa?

Jaffa (also known as Yafo) is the ancient port city out of which Tel Aviv has now grown. In recent years, like much of South Tel Aviv, this area has been regenerated.

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What is a bam in Scottish slang?

Other newly included Scottish words include bam, bampot and bamstick, which mean someone who is foolish, annoying, obnoxious, belligerent or disruptive.

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When men can't have kids called?

A vasectomy makes a man sterile (unable to get a woman pregnant). A vasectomy is not recommended as a short-term form of birth control. The procedure to reverse a vasectomy is a much more complicated operation and may not be covered by insurance.

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Do infertile men make sperm?

A complete lack of sperm occurs in about 10% to 15% of men who are infertile. A hormone imbalance or blockage of sperm movement can cause a lack of sperm. In some cases of infertility, a man produces less sperm than normal.

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What is Cockney slang for tummy?

"Derby Kell" is old Cockney rhyming slang for belly ("Derby Kelly"). "Blow out your kite" means "fill your stomach". It uses the word kite (also kyte), a dialect word, originally derived from an Old English word for the womb which, by extension, came to mean the belly.

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What is custard in Cockney?

Here, custard actually means “television”—in Cockney rhyming slang, that is! Cockney rhyming slang is a form of British slang in which a pair of words is used to replace a similar-sounding word. Often, it's the non-rhyming word in the pair that's used (you'll see what we mean).

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What is a cracker in Cockney slang?

"I'm completely cream-crackered."

"Cream-crackered" is Cockney Rhyming Slang for "knackered" or tired, so if someone's feeling "cream-crackered," they're probably in need of a nap. Another common example of Cockney Rhyming Slang is "apples and pears," which means stairs.

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Why are New Zealanders called jaffas?

Use in Auckland

This use of "Jafa" amongst Aucklanders, as a positive, self-referential term, has led to the reinterpretation of the acronym by some to mean Just Another Fabulous Aucklander.

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What is the history of Old Jaffa?

An old Canaanite city, Jaffa was taken by Thuti, general of Thutmose III of Egypt, in the 15th century bce and became a provincial capital during the Egyptian New Kingdom. The Israelite kings David and Solomon occupied it, the latter using it as the port for landing Lebanon timber that floated down the coast from Tyre.

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What is the oldest chocolate bar in Australia?

The Cherry Ripe Bar is Australia's oldest chocolate bar, first devised way back in 1924 Australian company MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works.

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Can you get jaffas in the UK?

Jaffas are available to buy in Tesco Supermarkets.

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Why is a Yorker called a Yorker?

A yorker could be described as the king of all bowls. It's when the ball lands directly at the batter's feet, and it's extremely difficult to hit. Oxford dictionaries suggests that the term was coined because players from York bowled them so often.

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What defines a red inker?

Noun. red-inker (plural red-inkers) rubricator. (informal, cricket) A not out batsman (whose score is recorded in red ink)

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What is cricket slang for?

idiom US informal. no reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written answer: Don't you hate when you're talking to a group of people and you ask them a question and you get crickets? I sent them two emails about it and basically, crickets.

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