Could anyone please explain this phrase "Damn straight" for me? \nI learn English only at school and have never seen or heard these words before.\n\nThank you.\n\nA learner of English.
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it means.. \n\nyou bet\n\nlike- of course
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Why are these descriptions used anyway?\nNobody says: "Look, there goes a heterosexual!\nWhat do you think of, when you hear that?\nSex? Of course you do - these words imply\na sexual orientation.\nTo use these words to describe somebody is\nrude and show that your mind is in the gutter.
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Nice one.\n\nPerformin - You are a twat! If you were to purchase an Oxford English dictionary you will notice that it is correctly spelt 'realise'.\n\nRemember they call it English because it originates from the English people - how dare you try to say that the americanised version is the correct one.\n\nTWAT!!!!!
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I know that you have yet to master the english language.\n\nConfucious says "Is best to remain silent and thought the fool, then open your mouth and remove all doubt"
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I already answered this question, but the asker was someone with different id, so here's the copy and paste:\n\n"That sounds vaguely Finnish; it looks like heavy dialect from around Tornio or somewhere near (North-Western part of Finland I would guess; could also be from more south, but definitely somewhere west). If I try to make some sort of translation:\n\n"Ei oo kyl" means "it isn't" or "this isn't", though in dialect. "raponen" is a word used only in very few Finnish dialects (this is why I guess this is from around Tornio), a more common Finnish word meaning the same would be "häävi", meaning "ok" or "quite good". So "Ei oo kyl raponen" would mean "It (or this) isn't too good".\n\n"Myyräki kurkkii" would literally mean "Also the mole is peeking", but as this is also heavy dialect, the actual meaning is something like "And I (or you/he/she/it, not defined in that expression) also need(s) to take a dump"\n\n"Vai mikä vitun tappi liene" would mean something like "Or whatever pin/cone/stick that is", powered up with the f-word.\n\nSo basically this could be a rude comment from someone who is looking at someones behind (backside, buttocks, or whatever expression you find suitable), meaning "That's not too good looking, also there's some kind of weird stick pointing out, I wonder if he/she needs to go to bathroom and fast..."\n\nI hope you're not offended, I only translated it."
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That's absoulutely hilarious. Unfortunately, a great deal of meaning can be lost in writing, particularly when one is being factitious or sarcastic. Am I wrong to assume that this was meant to be be a joke? (It seems that no one else is interpreting it that way.) Neither of the words that you listed are diminuitive at all.\n\nThese are the lyrics from a song by Nelly - a famous rapper. It's just a joke people.
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I agree.  It appears to mean disgusting or awful.  It seems to be of French origin, but doesn't translate as anything other than bweark.\n\nSomeone probably made it up.  It could be a combination of a couple of French words, but I don't know enough French to guess what they might be.\n\nEdit:  Thanks, PetiteFée.  When I googled the word, however, it showed up on a lot of sites that appeard to me to be in French language.  Could "Bweark" be a misspelling or an Anglicization of the word "Beurk"?\n\nEdit:  I tried to answer your email, but your address doesn't work.  The answer is that I live in America.
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lol I dont think it matters. They are commonly used phrases in society and I dont take them literally. When I say such things, it is not premeditated, they just come out.so there is no real meaning behind them. Im not actually talking to a god or damning something to that non existent place at all.
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Looked it up on line - seems like a rambling repetitive tirade.  Congratulations to you if you read the whole thing, I gave up after 30 lines or so.  There are a few words that some people feel are offensive.  There comes a time in peoples' lives where they have to get used to seeing and hearing them, even if they don't like it.  Should a teacher force a student who is uncomfortable with the words to read them out loud in front of the class?  No.  Should a fourth grade teacher assign it?  No.  Should a teacher downgrade a student if the student says "I read it and it's too bad the poet couldn't get his point across without cursing?"  No.  What happened: did a parent complain that his child was forced to read it?  A parent of a public school child should have that right.  And I accuse the poet of rambling!
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Finally :) someone else out there hears what I've been hearing this whole time too.   They are saying "Damn" and not "Gym" in that theme song.   Seems to me Cartoon Network had some idiot sound editor make a joke with this theme song by slipping "damn" in there instead.   Trust me...there's no "J" sound in that song where "gym" is suppose to be said!
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This a topic about English language, or literally, the English culture? If its the latter, I can almost certainly help you out: I'm from England! I am English! If it's the former, I may not be much use: we spell some words quite differently to you Americans, and we have weird expressions for things!
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A guy walks into a bar with a salamander on his shoulder.  He asks, "I'll take a shot, and a cup of water for my buddy Tiny here."  The bartender asks, "Why do you call him Tiny?"  The guy answers, "because he is minute." [pronounced mi-nute]\n\nGet it?  Mi-nute, minute meaning tiny. My newt!  \n\nIt is so corny that it doesn't always translate to the written word.  It needs to be said out loud.
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I don't know why people are responding to this on the iambic pentameter etc front. Are you not asking a question about the multiple negatives? If so, I would respond that people still use this (it isn't unknown for people never to use a purely singular negative form), wasn't he doing it for effect, don't nobody do it no more?
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ROFL..you got em staggering.\n\nI love the different "translations". They are versions, call a spade a spade. How can a word mean fight to one person, and it mean a metaphoric fight to another. They crack me up.\n\nThe verse is pretty damn clear. This is what the terrorists feed off of.
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what? what are you trying to say?\n\n"Words such as Bastardisation, Bastard-i-sa-tion. whilst the simple lazy tounge would round it up into Barstardisation... then put it in the damn dictionary. " ...what's the difference save the typo?
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du hast, but i dont kno wht the hell it means!!!
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THE WORD F@GGOT (FAG) IN BRITIAN MEANS CIGARETTE IN SLANG \nAND IT ALSO MEANS A "CORD" OF WOOD (MEASUREMENT) IN SOME COUNTRIES. iT IS THE SAME AS SAYING "GAY". IT HAS CHANGED FROM BEING AN ADJECTIVE TO BEING A NOUN. IMAGINE THE CONFUSION IN  CHILDREN'S OLD STORY BOOKS AND NURSERY RHYMES!\n   (I HAVE AN BRITISH FREIND AND THAT IS HOW SHE ASKS FOR A CIGARETTE.)\n\n     OUR SCHOOLING SYSTEM , NOR PARENTS FOR THAT FACT TEACH OR KNOW THAT SOME WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAVE TWO , THREE, AND SOMETIMES MANY MORE ... DEFINITIONS. \n\n   SORRY THIS HAPPENS TO YOU... NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK (OR DON'T THINK). THEY LACK MATURITY AND HAVE ONE TRACK MINDS.\n\n\n      I LIVE IN A FORIEGN COUNTRY WHERE MANY OF OUR WORDS AND ALSO THEIRS MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS. I FIND MYSELF SOMETIMES EXPLAINING ALOT!!!!