A legendarily wrong answer from a NZ celebrity spelling segment, now used to celebrate confident wrongness.
"He said the capital of Australia is Sydney. O for awesome."
"O for awesome, mate. Nailed it."
Phrases & Expressions · New Zealand slang
O for awesome
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A genuine piece of NZ television history.
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