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Lev Landau Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Acting the scrub?
Can someone please tell me what other meanings the phrase 'acting the scrub' has except for 'being a noob'?
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
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I've never heard the phrase 'acting the scrub'. And I don't know what a 'noob' is. Is it the same as a newbie?
- I've never heard the phrase 'acting the scrub'.
- And I don't know what a 'noob' is.
- Is it the same as a newbie?
- com But note this.
- If you start to use a lot of gang/ghetto/street slang in your English, you may start to sound foolish.
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I've never heard the phrase 'acting the scrub'.
And I don't know what a 'noob' is. Is it the same as a newbie?
You can often find such slang terms in eg www.urbandictionary.com
But note this. If you start to use a lot of
And I don't know what a 'noob' is. Is it the same as a newbie?
You can often find such slang terms in eg www.urbandictionary.com
But note this. If you start to use a lot of
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Thanks for replying, Clive.
It's not my intention to spread the use of slang on this forum. I've never seen the phrase either, well, until 1 hour ago when I read it in an article on tvtropes.org. Here is the link:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HaveAGayOldTime/Literatu
It's not my intention to spread the use of slang on this forum. I've never seen the phrase either, well, until 1 hour ago when I read it in an article on tvtropes.org. Here is the link:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HaveAGayOldTime/Literatu
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"Scrub" was originally (Late Middle English) just a variant of "shrub". The idea of being dwarfish and stunted as compared to a tree apparently led to the various derogatory meanings the word acquired. It has been used to mean an inferior person since the sixteenth century.
There are a few uses in my dialect, such as an appellation for small varieties of trees like the scrub pine. I've he
There are a few uses in my dialect, such as an appellation for small varieties of trees like the scrub pine. I've he
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Here is one person's definition.from his blog.
A scrub is a generally disagreeable person who tends to aggrandize himself, his friends, or his cause at the cost of "common" civility. A scrub doesn't necessarily hang out of the passenger side of his best friend's ride, but he may. The primary marker is a disregard for others' feelings.
A scrub is a generally disagreeable person who tends to aggrandize himself, his friends, or his cause at the cost of "common" civility. A scrub doesn't necessarily hang out of the passenger side of his best friend's ride, but he may. The primary marker is a disregard for others' feelings.
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Hi
From the UK, I would say that a 'scrub' is someone whose name has been scrubbed from a chalkboard
For example, bookmakers used to chalk up odds on a board but then 'scrub' the horse/rider if it was a non-runner
I think it means that the person is no longer considered to be 'in play'. Our US colleagues can advise whether it means something like 'put on the bench'
From the UK, I would say that a 'scrub' is someone whose name has been scrubbed from a chalkboard
For example, bookmakers used to chalk up odds on a board but then 'scrub' the horse/rider if it was a non-runner
I think it means that the person is no longer considered to be 'in play'. Our US colleagues can advise whether it means something like 'put on the bench'
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