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Use of the word 'bare'

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:55 pm
by phill the bass
I love slang...love it..but I ain't a fan of how 'bare' is bandied about, purely cos I think its well misleading. For example my cousin turned round to me recently and said "I'm looking forward to this football match, there's gonna be bare goals". And I thought, what? Its gonna be 0-0?? He just sounded stupid.

I use the word 'bad' all the time to mean 'good', but do that to reflect the vibe of what I'm talking about (usually a tune). So I understand how a word can be used subversively (wicked being another).

Sheer is a much better word than bare anyway.

Ninjas discuss :?:

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:04 pm
by metalboxproducts
oh dear.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:09 pm
by thomas
Didnt "bare" always mean loads?

The best moment was when a lad at work said, "There was bare loads women" ::)

While we are on it, Safe, "cannot" be used instead of Goodbye can it?

I hear loads of posh students "safe-ing" each other while walking in opposit directions.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:12 pm
by phill the bass
metalboxproducts wrote:oh dear.
What? :)

..Just discussing something relevent to Dubstep culture as opposed to bacon and pepper sauce threads....not that there's anything wrong with those.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:12 pm
by sinc_vision
Can you imagine dubluke saying "I'm sheer hyped man"? Not quite the same methinks.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:13 pm
by thomas
DJ Sinc Vision wrote:Can you imagine dubluke saying "I'm sheer hyped man"? Not quite the same methinks.
Id say, "Im well hyper man", am i stuck in the past or just posh?

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:14 pm
by a man called dave
I use Bear Bare.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:15 pm
by thomas
A Man Called Dave wrote:I use Bear Bare.
I was in the park today, and saw bare bare bears, barking.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:15 pm
by phill the bass
Thomas wrote:Didnt "bare" always mean loads?
Nay lad. If your mum's cupboard was bare, you'd be hungry.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:15 pm
by sinc_vision
Thomas wrote:Didnt "bare" always mean loads?

The best moment was when a lad at work said, "There was bare loads women" ::)

While we are on it, Safe, "cannot" be used instead of Goodbye can it?

I hear loads of posh students "safe-ing" each other while walking in opposit directions.
Safe can indeed be used to say goodbye, it's just a word of respect which can be applied at any greeting/farewell.

And for the record (although there's quite a few records on dsf already) bare either means "a lot of/many" or "very".

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:22 pm
by snappyfingers
I've always said to friends as they were leaving "be safe"
but just to use "safe" in the same way.....pretty cheesy
the "bare" thing makes no sense....in cali they say "hella"

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:26 pm
by blizzardmusic
Thomas wrote:
I hear loads of posh students "safe-ing" each other while walking in opposit directions.
they might be just letting on?

like me walking past a friend, touching him down (safe motion) and moving on.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:28 pm
by thomas
BlizzardMusic wrote:
Thomas wrote:
I hear loads of posh students "safe-ing" each other while walking in opposit directions.
they might be just letting on?

like me walking past a friend, touching him down (safe motion) and moving on.
Na

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:31 pm
by blizzardmusic
Thomas wrote:
BlizzardMusic wrote:
Thomas wrote:
I hear loads of posh students "safe-ing" each other while walking in opposit directions.
they might be just letting on?

like me walking past a friend, touching him down (safe motion) and moving on.
Na
what do you say to people when they're going?
Thomas wrote:cheerio!

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:33 pm
by thomas
Peace out, breddas. onez.


Na, i tend to just say "see ya later man"

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:47 pm
by phill the bass
Thomas wrote: The best moment was when a lad at work said, "There was bare loads women"

While we are on it, Safe, "cannot" be used instead of Goodbye can it?

Exactly. Does the term 'bare women' mean:
Lots of women
No women
Women who are bare.

It could mean all three. That's why I don't like 'bare' cos I could potentially miss out on the sight of naked women.

And yeah, 'safe' can mean goodbye. I'm safe, you're safe, we're safe, so now we can part our separate ways.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:49 pm
by thomas
I doubt if a teenager says there was "Bare women in the jam", hes talking about there not being any women there. Read it in the voice.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:13 pm
by kozee
snappyfingers wrote:in cali they say "hella"

OH, don't even go there. ppl not into that term here. hehe

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:19 pm
by FSTZ
this thread is hella safe!

loads of bare info innit

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:57 pm
by kozee
LOL.