Rattle your dags

A dag is what you call the dried poo matted into the wool around a sheep's bum.  When a sheep runs, the dags knock against each other.  So when a Kiwi tells you to "rattle your dags" they are asking you to hurry up.

This is where things get a little complicated.  Calling someone a dag means you think they have great sense of humour.  It is a term of endearment.  My friends in CoM could rightfully claim that Pox is a dag.

Australians mess it all up by using daggy as an insult.  A daggy person means someone unkempt or without fashion sense. 

Not to be confused with Fred Dagg (a comedian from the 1970s) ..

... or Israel Dagg (plays rugby for the All Blacks).  Both these guys have a near god-like status in New Zealand and to shun them here would be folly.








In short, one must have finely honed powers of diplomacy before using the word dag in anger.