Australian and New Zealand colloquial for something that's half-hearted, incomplete, or done badly — the opposite of a proper job. If your work is half-pie, you've done it carelessly or only got halfway there. It describes plans, efforts, and people who don't commit fully. The phrase captures that particular Antipodean impatience with anything that's not done properly or not done at all.
They handed in a half-pie report and the boss sent it straight back with a note that said "try again."
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(AU, NZ, colloquial) or mediocre.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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