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Michael Kay wrote:

 > Can someone please explain the verb "to whiteant" so someone who is not
 > a native speaker of the American language?

Google is your friend: http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html#W

Whiteant (verb) : to criticise something to deter somebody from buying
it. A car dealer might whiteant another dealer's cars or a real estate
salesman might whiteant another agent's property.

Not that it makes much more sense to me now :-s

</Steven>






 

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