Sifter
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Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so calledbecause it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by meansof the lamell
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this is a term describing a person who picks and chooses his jobs usually taking the gravy work for himself and leaving the shity work for all the others picking through the pile or whatever
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Originally describing hard riding stoner mountain bikers from Wellington in the early 90's, and fringe dwellers of the Cuba Street scene, now expanded to cover a wide range of counter culture theorists and urban cruisers.
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noun person who acts in a [sifty] manner especially in pubs/clubs etc. Originated Otago University, New Zealand.
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sifter n.
[Middle English siften, from Old English siftan]
Through a uniquely New Zealand south island experience, sifter has come to mean much more. A somewhat sarcastic twist on the first NZ usage (being to search for meaning); it is doing -
verb.
1)To blend in/push in with other people, generally to ones advantage. A sifter is one who sifts, and is generally looked down on.To come on to/ [spade] someone without any encouragement.
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noun. homo sapien specifically originating from lincoln university, canterbury, new zealand.
highly intellectual but actually well spoken pikey.
interests: lsd,pot, farmer scaring, surfing and sifting.
capable of blending in any social circle and only detectable by another sifter.(see sifter) -
A creep. Sifting onto all the ladies.
New Zealand slang
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Simple hosted bug and issue tracker designed to work great for both technical and non-technical team members. A software product by Sifter
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a piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces :
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