Friday, October 28, 2011

quicko: pitch it

Common in American English, but not in Australian.  Americans use it when talking about things they're throwing away -- usually large-ish, broken type things in a garage.  As in, "What should we do with this old fan that's missing the front part?"  "Ah, pitch it."

Australians are familiar with "ditching" -- but that's more often a someone than a something.  Instead of pitching, they're more likely to chuck something or bin something (yes, "bin" as a verb).

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