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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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Cocktail hour...

0A boy lates for a girl' s birthday party, infact misses it completely02br
00and shows up at the girl's house.02br
00Girl: Kind of missed 01u00cocktail hour02u00. 02br
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02img 00 So, if someone has arrived late, he has missed the cocktail hour. I believe the girl is being sarcastic here. 0-

— Philip

  • 02img 00 So, if someone has arrived late, he has missed the cocktail hour.
  • I believe the girl is being sarcastic here.
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0 01b00Cocktail hour02b00 is a period of time before dinner's being served, used for socializing and getting loosened up a little on some beverages.02img00 So, if someone has arrived late, he has missed the cocktail hour. I believe the girl is being sarcastic here. 0-
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0"Cocktail hour" is a time at which drinks are served to guests at the start of a dinner party or similar. So, someone turning up late would miss it. Here I think it's not necessarily the case that there actually was a formal "cocktail hour" at her party. My guess is that she's being ironic -- saying that he missed the start of the party when actually he missed the whole thing.0-
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0 "coctail hour" is usually a casual time for drinks and light food before a more formal dinner or party.02br
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00I think the first part makes it hard to understand the meaning of the word. Her meaning could be taken one of two ways:02br
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00she was being sarcastic...02br
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00she was trying to
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0No, she's just being sarcastic because she had an angry face. 02br
00Thanks, everyone! 0-
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