|
|
 #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:42 am The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
Apparently, a 'cadbury' is someone who can get drunk on a glass and a half -- it's based on the chocolate manufacturer's slogan. Isn't it interesting how new lingoes pop up?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cadbury
By the way, I like your spelling of 'dinosaur' (it could be a good nickname for bad-tempered, as well as old-fashioned, Dinas)! :) |
|
Conchita
Language Coach
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 2826
Location: Madrid, Spain
|
|
| #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:52 am The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
thanks Conchita.So basically Simon is blaming the alcohol for bad singing!
I'm laughing hard as I'm writing this.Look at what living in Japan has made me!15 years ago I would've never made this mistake in Spelling and Dictation!ha ha ha!
Thank you for pointing it out.I felt so silly!I do. |
|
NinaZara
I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 1168
Location: Malaysia (Cat city)
|
 |
| #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:25 am The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
| NinaZara, you're not alone. I'm sure 98% of the Americans watching American Idol don't know what this expression means. Cadbury chocolates aren't very popular here, and we don't hear that slogan. |
|
Jamie (K)
I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 6552
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
|
|
| #5 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:12 pm The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
I also don't know precisely what that phrase means... yet. :D
But if the incredible popularity of American Idol (and Simon) is any indication, there's a reasonable chance the expression could eventually take hold on this side of the pond, too.
_________________
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
|
Yankee
I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 16 Apr 2006
Posts: 8316
Location: USA
|
|
| #6 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 14:08 pm The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
| Yankee wrote: |
I also don't know precisely what that phrase means... yet. :D
But if the incredible popularity of American Idol (and Simon) is any indication, there's a reasonable chance the expression could eventually take hold on this side of the pond, too. |
My money says that if Americans have to look up the meaning of the word in a dictionary, or otherwise research it, it will never catch on. Either that, or it will get popular with some kind of imagined meaning that differs from the original.
Of course, it sounds like Simon's use of it differs from the original too, something like the British slang word "dodgy", which, based on my hearing the British use it, seems to mean almost anything and nothing. |
|
Jamie (K)
I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 6552
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
|
|
| #7 (permalink) Wed Feb 14, 2007 15:25 pm The meaning of 'cadbury' |
|
|
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Either that, or it will get popular with some kind of imagined meaning that differs from the original.. |
I had that thought, too. :lol:
_________________
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
|
Yankee
I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 16 Apr 2006
Posts: 8316
Location: USA
|
|
|
| meaning of mini-sequence? | I'm wondering or I wonder? |
