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Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Showing my false Britishness
Recently I've started using the word "naff" to mean "cool" just because it's a bit different. Then it occurred to me to look it up. See the results here:
"naff. adj. Chiefly British Slang. Unstylish, cliched or outmoded."
Oh, bother.
Mokalus of Borg
PS - And nobody ever believes you when you say "bad means good" any more. PPS - We're well past the 80s now.
Use it anyway in an effort to change the meaning. Take 'cute' for example. The original meaning was 'ugly but interesting' and now it means a variety of things, all of which are attractive.
This is your mission, should you choose to accept it.
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Use it anyway in an effort to change the meaning. Take 'cute' for example. The original meaning was 'ugly but interesting' and now it means a variety of things, all of which are attractive.
This is your mission, should you choose to accept it.
Good to know you and kyle sandilands have the same vocabulary he uses that phrase on idol to call something old and granddadish
Bridgit
Well, if I'm fighting against Kyle to change the meaning of a word and he's on television already, I've got a lot of catching up to do.
I'm still wondering where I might have picked up the word. I might be misquoting Pinky and the Brain ("Narf!") but that's a bit tenuous.
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