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hiromichi



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:07 pm    Post subject: trash-talking contest Reply with quote

What is a trash-talking contest?


On long Air Force One flights, he retreats to the conference room and plays spades for hours, maintaining a trash-talking contest all the while, with the same three aides:
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trash-talking is talking in a way that is insulting or boastful. It is intended to demoralize, intimidate, humiliate, or simply to annoy..

Obviously, it can be done maliciously, but when it is done in a good-natured way among friends (usually male), it can be a source of amusement.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pugachevV:
Thank you very much.
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