Dumb Hope, Northumberland, UK Superthread

[mysterious_jen]

hmm cool new term. use it in a few more sentences so i don't make an arse of myself if i wanna use it.

its an australian term, used by bogans like me ,


"she was a great root"


i probably wouldn't use it if i was you !

 

[Axver]

The traffic isn't fast enough in Auckland to kill anyone

It's called pollution.

 

[Axver]

hmm cool new term. use it in a few more sentences so i don't make an arse of myself if i wanna use it.

You can basically use it as a synonym for 'fuck', e.g. "he rooted her last night".

 

[Varitek]

you know what else i want on the new interference? a blinking window or changing thread title to tell me when someone has posted!

 

[Varitek]

its an australian term, used by bogans like me ,


"she was a great root"


i probably wouldn't use it if i was you !

is it misogynist? (i had to spell that like 5 times before the red underline went away) or some other reason?

 

[mysterious_jen]

you could also use it as in "i am rooted" - i am tired.

 

[mysterious_jen]

yeah its a male dominated term, not applied to ladies i guess.

 

[coolian2]

is it misogynist? (i had to spell that like 5 times before the red underline went away) or some other reason?

It's probably related to penile penetration having a crude comparison to a tree being in the ground.

 

[coolian2]

It's called pollution.

I love the smell of smog in the morning.

 

[Axver]

you could also use it as in "i am rooted" - i am tired.

Or as "ruined", e.g. "Had an accident driving home today. I'm OK but the car's rooted."

 

[Axver]

I love the smell of smog in the morning.

Ever seen the stars?

 

[Varitek]

speaking of misunderstanding terms. i first encountered the british word "knackered in this manner:"

me: i wanna have sex again!
guy i was dating: not right now, sorry, i'm knackered
me: wtf is knackered
guy: tired from sex.
me: oh, interesting.
guy: but you might say "oh that car is totally knackered"

so i think it means tired from sex but can be applied to other words.

i tell someone this and they laugh and say it just means tired. i was embarrassed that i'd misinterpreted that conversation to that context of the word.

i believe that until just now when i decide to verify it with a google search.

http://english2american.com/dictionary/k.html

knackered adj very tired; beat. It has a slightly more dodgy meaning as it technically describes being exhausted after sex. You can get away with it in everyday conversation but bear in mind that everyone knows the true meaning too. The "knacker's yard" was once a place where old horses were converted into glue. Where the sexual connotations came from is anyone's guess.

so i guess i was right all along, and this turned out to be a lame story.

 

[coolian2]

Ever seen the stars?

I've seen Rodney Hide once, but no really big stars. Pretty piss poor effort for someone in central Auckland almost daily.

 

[Varitek]

you could also use it as in "i am rooted" - i am tired.

so it's like a more strongly sexual knackered!

 

[coolian2]

speaking of misunderstanding terms. i first encountered the british word "knackered in this manner:"

me: i wanna have sex again!
guy i was dating: not right now, sorry, i'm knackered
me: wtf is knackered
guy: tired from sex.
me: oh, interesting.
guy: but you might say "oh that car is totally knackered"

If he'd stopped at tired, he'd have had it right.

 

[Varitek]

If he'd stopped at tired, he'd have had it right.

that's what i was told and went on believing...then i just googled it

he was british, so i'm going back to his definition. also i like that i knackered someone out or whatever.

 

[Axver]

i believe that until just now when i decide to verify it with a google search.

http://english2american.com/dictionary/k.html

I'd disagree with that. It's just tired. Not inherently sexual. In fact, I would go as far as saying it is starting to fall into disuse and become archaic.

 

[mysterious_jen]

knackered can also apply to kicking or injuring some one in the balls

 

[Varitek]

btw can i award the first portion of this thread the

 

[Axver]

I've seen Rodney Hide once, but no really big stars. Pretty piss poor effort for someone in central Auckland almost daily.

Why the hell would any self-respecting star be in central Auckland anyway? They'd be off in their mansion rather than in a CBD that urgently needs some urban renewal.

 

[Varitek]

I'd disagree with that. It's just tired. Not inherently sexual. In fact, I would go as far as saying it is starting to fall into disuse and become archaic.

well a brit told me that in 2005, maybe it has an additional connotation in the UK...i don't ever use it anyway.

 

[coolian2]

knackered can also apply to kicking or injuring some one in the balls

I did not know that.


I just presumed that was known as "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH FUCK!"

 

[coolian2]

btw can i award the first portion of this thread the

Snap?

 

[coolian2]

Why the hell would any self-respecting star be in central Auckland anyway? They'd be off in their mansion rather than in a CBD that urgently needs some urban renewal.

Ponsonby and Newmarket and where you should be to be seen.

At least after damn near two years we now have nice new footpaths on Queen St.

I also see they're disrupting traffic to build a city-Newmarket bus route. Estimated completion: 2010. Estimated Ian gradution: End 2009.

 

[Axver]

well a brit told me that in 2005, maybe it has an additional connotation in the UK...i don't ever use it anyway.

I think you're misinterpreting him. It means "tired", in that case from sex.

I mean, I've grown up around British people, I could get British citizenship (and will when I finally have the money to visit Europe), and know people who use the word. It doesn't have inherent sexual overtones. I most frequently hear it from older relatives when they get back from a run or other physically demanding activity, "I'm bloody knackered!"

 

[Axver]

Ponsonby and Newmarket and where you should be to be seen.

At least after damn near two years we now have nice new footpaths on Queen St.

I also see they're disrupting traffic to build a city-Newmarket bus route. Estimated completion: 2010. Estimated Ian gradution: End 2009.

Newmarket? Seemed like a bit of a hole to me when I was there in 2006.

 

[coolian2]

Newmarket? Seemed like a bit of a hole to me when I was there in 2006.

The bit i see from the bus isn't too bad.

 

[coolian2]

JESUS CHRIST, the Australia rugby league team may be wearing the coolest jersey i've ever seen.

 

[Varitek]

I think you're misinterpreting him. It means "tired", in that case from sex.

I mean, I've grown up around British people, I could get British citizenship (and will when I finally have the money to visit Europe), and know people who use the word. It doesn't have inherent sexual overtones. I most frequently hear it from older relatives when they get back from a run or other physically demanding activity, "I'm bloody knackered!"

like i said, i thought it meant tired after i was corrected, and that i'd misinterpreted him...until 10 minutes ago when i saw that site. i'm betting that some people have that connotation, and others don't. anyway, i don't use it. but i can see how it would be awkward to think of it that way and then hear your relatives say that!

 

[Varitek]

Snap?

that's the awkward turtle. it is used to denote awkwardness, usually as it is happening, by placing your hands in that position, palms up for extra awkwardness, and rotating your thumbs as a turtle might his legs if struggling to swim.

it has spawned an array of other awkward animal gestures that i find to be simultaneously annoying and amusing.