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Slices of white bread spread with butter and covered in hundreds-and-thousands, served at kids' parties.

fair suck of the sav

A plea for fairness or a fair share; 'sav' is a saveloy sausage.

An expression of praise, congratulations or approval for something well done. Also 'fair play to you'.

An agreed hand-to-hand fight, fists only, without weapons or others jumping in.

A reasonable opportunity or fair treatment; central to Australian egalitarian values.

Real, genuine or truthful; can also ask 'is that true?'

fair crack of the whip

A reasonable opportunity to do or say something.

A catch of a kick in which the receiver waves an arm overhead to signal he will not run it back, and in turn cannot be tackled.

The point in a set where you can no longer complete another repetition with proper technique.

To not complete a trick, whether by falling, slipping off, or otherwise botching the attempt.

A type of flat, round loaf or girdle cake.

Being high on cannabis, typically in a mellow but strong way.

A jump shot taken while leaning or falling backward, away from the defender, to create space.

An emphatic affirmation that a statement is correct, used to co-sign what someone just said.

A dunk thrown down directly over a defender, humiliatingly close to their face.

Disrespectful, cheeky, forward or 'fresh'; behaving in a rude, out-of-order manner. Also spelled fiesty/faasty.

Slang for paper money, referencing the faces printed on bills.

A fall in which the rider's face or head makes first contact with the ground; among the most painful and dangerous slams.

When riding deep powder throws snow up over your head and into your face like a wave, a hallmark of a great powder run. Face shots are a badge of a truly deep day.

face of the group

The member the general public most associates with the group, often the most famous or marketable one.

Your face as a flex asset — the kind of attractiveness that pays your way through any room. To 'have a face card' is to be visibly that hot.

face as long as livery street

Said of someone wearing a properly miserable, dragged-down expression. The visual gag: their face is so long it stretches the full length of Livery Street. A local-landmark equivalent of 'a face like a wet weekend'.

Face is the ballroom category that's all about your face and nothing else — bone structure, clear skin, symmetry, sheer beauty. No body, no fashion, no dance distracts the judges; it's a pure beauty contest from the neck up. Walk Face and you're betting everything on the gift you were born with (and how you frame it).

'Forward Air Controller' — a person who directs close air support aircraft onto their targets, historically from the ground or an aircraft (FAC-A); a predecessor and companion term to JTAC.