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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:23 pm    Post subject: 4 Questions Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It may well be a "real" word in Nebraska, but it's not in any English dictionary.
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LucentShade



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How are the mighty fallen!
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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

asterix wrote:
How are the mighty fallen!


What does that mean?

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