{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "you can make nearly any object into a good insult if you put \u2018you absolute\u2019 in front of it\nexample: you absolute coat hanger", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/710023643308146688/", "html": "

findingfeather:

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maxofs2d:

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cardboardfacewoman:

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rooksandravens:

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derinthemadscientist:

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thepioden:

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animatedamerican:

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nentuaby:

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animatedamerican:

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asexualbrittaperry:

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ggiornojo:

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asexualbrittaperry:

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you can make nearly any object into a good insult if you put \u2018you absolute\u2019 in front of it

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example: you absolute coat hanger

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as well u can just add \u2018ed\u2019 to any object and it\u2019s sounds like you were really drunk

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example: i was absolutely coat hangered last night

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\n\n#i was gazeboed mate\u00a0#i was absolutely baubled\n\n

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Meanwhile,\u00a0\u201cutter\u201d works for the first (e.g.,\u00a0\u201cyou utter floorboard\u201d) but somehow \u201cutterly\u201d doesn\u2019t seem to work as well for the second (\u201cI was utterly floorboarded\u201d).

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Utterly doesn\u2019t work for drunk because it\u2019s the affix for turning random objects into terms for *shocked*, obviously.

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\u2026 huh. \u00a0I thought that might just be the similarity to\u00a0\u201cfloored\u201d, and yet\u00a0\u201cI was utterly coat hangered\u201d does seem to convey something similar.

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I have to tell you, I am utterly sandwiched at this discovery.

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Completely makes the phrase mean \u201csuper tired\u201d.

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\u201cGod, it\u2019s been a long week, I am completely coat-hangered.\u201d

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Something is

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Something is wrong with our language

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Is it a glitch or a feature?

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Feature

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we don\u2019t have anything like this in French and it offers a range of expressibility that I wish we could properly translate back. it is a feature, i concur

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This is a beautiful example of the contextual nature of communication.\u00a0

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