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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject: squat |
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Money, nice meals, and material goods don�t mean *squat* to this guy
What is that?
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 140
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Slang. A small or worthless amount; diddlysquat. |
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LucentShade
Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 542 Location: Nebraska, USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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The sentence is something of a double negative--the true meaning here is "these things don't mean anything to this guy." |
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 140
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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I move to award LucentShade the title of Slang Guru(-ess?) (or Queen of Slang?) for this forum!
She clearly has superior knowledge of slang-isms and is equally proficient at explaining their meanings using obscure words to encourage us to enlarge our vocabularies. (That's meant as an encomium, not a brickbat. Honest! )
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LucentShade
Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 542 Location: Nebraska, USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Harmony wrote: |
I move to award LucentShade the title of Slang Guru(-ess?) (or Queen of Slang?) for this forum!
She clearly has superior knowledge of slang-isms and is equally proficient at explaining their meanings using obscure words to encourage us to enlarge our vocabularies. (That's meant as an encomium, not a brickbat. Honest! )
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Hahaha, thanks for the award, although I am male, last time I checked Then again, maybe I should be more careful of the words I use here, so that learners can understand better. |
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Harmony
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 140
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha, thanks for the award, although I am male, last time I checked. |
I beg your pardon LucentShade! I shouldn't have made an assumption.
I'll tell the award engraver to make it "Slang Guru " - or would you prefer another color?  |
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