How do you praise girl who is very beautiful?

[Prezbucky]

Twue, twue.
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[Lost_Soul]

Hi, prezbucky

[Englishuser]

Hi lost_soul,

You asked:

[Alan]

Hi,

Not everything said or uttered in this sceptered isle has to receive royal approval. Thank goodness!

Alan
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[Yankee]

[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Yankee

Of course intentionally. They elaborated a cool filter here which changes any occurence of f-word to "you have tried to use a swear word"

(BTW, is it correct and natural to use the word elaborate in that context ?)

[Yankee]

Hi LS

No, that "E-word" doesn't work in the context.

You might say that in my last post, I elaborated a bit on my comment to Prezbucky that his last list of words were "very male". When you elaborate on something, you add more details about something that has already been said.

I'm pretty sure the "cool filter" is something that came preprogrammed in the forum software. I guess at least part of the reason for such a list of censored words is to reduce the amount of pornographic spam that might otherwise end up here.

[Prezbucky]

lost_soul
Nobody uses "Fergilicious" outside of the song by Fergie -- that one was in jest. I have on occasion heard "bootylicious", though I've never actually said it myself.

Ahhh, here's another one:

- Tight (and not what you might think it means -- the urban-slang use is fairly honorable)
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[Yankee]

Hi Tom

That's a new one for me. Would you say using the word 'tight' that way is a fairly recent development?

[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Amy

I found many definitions in the Urban Dictionary
If you care, you might take a look at this : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tight

I bet Tom meant this one: A person or a thing that looks good, acts cool, is cool or is stylish

[Yankee]

Hi LS

Yes, I'm sure he did. I asked whether he thought that usage was fairly recent because I had been living in Germany until a few months ago, which made it more difficult to keep up with "new" slang.

By the way, you might be interested in this:




Sorry for the off-topic post, Maggie.

[Torsten]

Hi Amy,

Thanks a lot for posting this hilarious article, it's really great. However, I wonder why the title of the article is "Germans not amused". Shouldn't it read "Austrians not amused"?
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[Yankee]

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I wondered the very same thing, Torsten. The only explanation I could come up with is that "Austrians" wouldn't have fit in the headline (unless they reduced the size of the typeface). Maybe the editors decided that "Germans" was OK since Austrians also speak German.

Or maybe the headline is just a reference to the sentence in the article that states that German visitors aren't interested in the sign.
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[Torsten]

That's a good explanation, Amy. "Germans not amused" is easier to read and because the word "Germans" consists of only two syllables whereas "Austrians" consists of three. Also, it's usually the Germans who are not amused, I think Austrians are more laid back and relaxed so maybe it's indeed the Germans who are not amused about the Brits...
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[Yankee]

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Yes, that's also possible. There may have been some stereotyping going on in the headline.
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