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[–] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Illegal dumping,[1][2] also called fly dumping or fly tipping (UK),[3] is the dumping of waste illegally instead of using an authorised method such as curbside collection or using an authorised rubbish dump.

Now the title makes more sense

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah, and "fly" means "on the fly". Got it.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oh - I thought it was like giving a tip to the flies.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

When I first saw signs about fly-tipping in London, my head went to cow tipping and thought, "someone would need really fast reactions to tip over a fly."

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Lord of the fly tips.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Similar, except I thought the existence of the pile was tipped by the flies (as there was many of them).

[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'd never heard that term before and was very confused

[–] prex@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nor had I.
Now that I have, I'm having trouble thinking of the term 'illegal dumping' that I've used till now.
Bloody poms.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Why do the English refuse to properly speak their own damn language?