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Kingfisher Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Back talk

Hi all,

Would someone do me a favor and explain the meaning of back talk in details? plz give some examples

thanks
  

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Hello Kingfisher 'Back talk' means an insolent or impertinent or disputatious reply. If you 'talk back' to someone, it doesn't just mean that you've replied: it means you've replied aggressively. ' 'Yeah?

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Kingfisher 'Back talk' means an insolent or impertinent or disputatious reply.
  • If you 'talk back' to someone, it doesn't just mean that you've replied: it means you've replied aggressively.
  • ' 'Yeah?
  • ' 'Now listen, young man – ' 'No, you listen, you old fool – ' 'How dare you, you young – you young hoodlum!
  • ' and so on ad nauseam...
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Hello Kingfisher

'Back talk' means an insolent or impertinent or disputatious reply.

If you 'talk back' to someone, it doesn't just mean that you've replied: it means you've replied aggressively.

'Would you kindly remove yourself from my front garden?'
'Why should I?'
'Because it's my garden, and I don't want you to sit in it!'
'So what are you going t
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