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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
I am so PUMPED (?)
Hello,
I like the idea of keeping asking questions to you when my dictionaries or Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) fail to help me understand the spoken English.
For example, in one of my previous posts I asked what does ''I am so JACKED to have made that decision...'' mean. And later on, I learnt that the word to be jacked can mean to be greatly excited
or —at least in Ireland— it means ''tired.''
So thank you very much for helping me...
Now here is another question, it is a dialogue actually.
X: '' Yeah, I'll be home for two weeks. So we gotta haaang.''
Y: '' I'm so PUMPED''
What does to be pumped mean in the sentence? Maybe it means ''to be full of passion and energy'' ? Does it sound natural ONLY among a group who use it?
I don't think this street slang-type sentences exist in general conversation? Is it so?
I like the idea of keeping asking questions to you when my dictionaries or Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) fail to help me understand the spoken English.
For example, in one of my previous posts I asked what does ''I am so JACKED to have made that decision...'' mean. And later on, I learnt that the word to be jacked can mean to be greatly excited
or —at least in Ireland— it means ''tired.''
So thank you very much for helping me...
Now here is another question, it is a dialogue actually.
X: '' Yeah, I'll be home for two weeks. So we gotta haaang.''
Y: '' I'm so PUMPED''
What does to be pumped mean in the sentence? Maybe it means ''to be full of passion and energy'' ? Does it sound natural ONLY among a group who use it?
I don't think this street slang-type sentences exist in general conversation? Is it so?
Top answer
BAYRAM ERDEM Y: '' I'm so PUMPED'' Have you ever used a pump to put air in the tires of a bicycle? You have to exert a lot of energy to quickly pump up the tires. Then you can go for the bike ride.
- BAYRAM ERDEM Y: '' I'm so PUMPED'' Have you ever used a pump to put air in the tires of a bicycle?
- You have to exert a lot of energy to quickly pump up the tires.
- Then you can go for the bike ride.
- Pumping up is also associated with body builders, who "pump" with weights, and get all sweaty, but still full of pent-up energy.
- It means a state of pent-up energy, anticipation, and excitement; usually before some pleasurable activity.
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BAYRAM ERDEMY: '' I'm so PUMPED''Have you ever used a pump to put air in the tires of a bicycle?
You have to exert a lot of energy to quickly pump up the tires. Then you can go for the bike ride.
Pumping up is also associated with body builders, who "pump" with weights, and get all sweaty, but still full of pent-up energy.
It means a st
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