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Simi Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Correct usage: Trash - talking

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00 Is the following context showing correct usage of word "trash-talk"?02br
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00 A: You're such a loser!!02br
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00 B: Yeah!... I forgot!... You always have to indulge into trash talking.02br
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00 ( Here, A is poking fun at B.) So, is B defending themself?02br
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00Thanks!0-
  

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0Hi Simi,02br 02br 00A little more natural would be "I forgot! >02br 02br 00If you are actually involved in the conversation, the way you have it phrased is too formal. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Hi Simi,02br 02br 00A little more natural would be "I forgot!
  • >02br 02br 00If you are actually involved in the conversation, the way you have it phrased is too formal.
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0Hi Simi,02br
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00A little more natural would be "I forgot! You always have to talk trash." <EDITED to correct my typo - sorry!>02br
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00If you are actually involved in the conversation, the way you have it phrased is too formal. But if you were talking about it with someone else later, then you could say it that way: I always forget how he has
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Hi Simi,12br
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10A little more natural would be "I forgot! You alway 11b11font10shave to talk trash.12font12b10"12br
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10 What does this mean?0-
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0GG made a little typo there.02br
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00She meant 'You always have to talk trash'.02br
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00Talk trash=talk rubbish=talk a lot of nonsense0-
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0Nona's definitions are too kind05102br
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00 This is what I know from North American sports:02br
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0500230hrefhttp://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/trash+talk11id1
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0Oh, I see. Thank you 050010id1
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