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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:23 pm Post subject: 4 Questions |
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1.Just a *heads up*, both of these expire
tonight at midnight.
Some attention to the speaker?
2.She's already gone through 2 bottles and is eating
some light food.
Is she a baby or sick?
3.Cringeworthy =causing extreme embarrassment
Could anyone use it in a sentence, if it is possible?
There's something I do a lot, I compliment a person in front of a lot people. Usually the person gets very shy and embarrassed. Does the word apply to this context?
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poindexter ( An extremely intelligent but socially inept person.
[After Poindexter, a character in the animated series Felix the Cat.]
Is that commonly used?
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pugachevV
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2295
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:06 am Post subject: |
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Heads up = warning.
She could be either, or she could be a drinker of beer, sake, whiskey etc.
Cringeworthy is not a real word, but it is probably intended to mean what you suggest.
4. I've never heard it used. |
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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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pugachevV wrote: |
Heads up = warning.
Could anyone use *heads up* in a sentence?
Cringeworthy is not a real word, but it is probably intended to mean what you suggest.
The person that receives compliments or the person who gives out compliments?
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LucentShade
Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 542 Location: Nebraska, USA
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Heads up, the boss is coming at 5 PM and we need to have the work done.
heads up="you need to pay special attention to this"; it's followed by information that the listener does not know.
I think it's more likely that she's a baby; "bottles" are usually associated with babies, and anyone who has drunk two bottles of liquor probably isn't in a condition to eat anything.
"Cringeworthy" is real enough -- "The acting in that movie was bad, and the music was truly cringeworthy." Something that is cringeworthy will make you cringe as a reaction of disgust.
"Poindexter" is a valid slang word, though it's kind of outdated...it makes me think of 1980s movies about teenagers where the popular/athletic types of gusy will call the socially inept/intelligent guys "poindexter." I can't remember the last time I heard it used in real life. |
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pugachevV
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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It may well be a "real" word in Nebraska, but it's not in any English dictionary. |
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LucentShade
Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 542 Location: Nebraska, USA
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: |
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pugachevV wrote: |
It may well be a "real" word in Nebraska, but it's not in any English dictionary. |
Despite that, "cringeworthy" is widely used. |
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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How are the mighty fallen! |
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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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asterix wrote: |
How are the mighty fallen! |
What does that mean?
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