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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven
Sooth: Listen, Sister, let's something straight! I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven that you can push around every time you're on the rag.
What does the part in bold mean? Thanks.
What does the part in bold mean? Thanks.
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Angliholic Sooth: Listen, Sister, let's something straight! I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven that you can push around every time you're on the rag. What does the part in bold mean?
- Angliholic Sooth: Listen, Sister, let's something straight!
- I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven that you can push around every time you're on the rag.
- What does the part in bold mean?
- Thanks.
- "bun in the oven" = euphemism for "pregnant" I am not some pregnant fifteen-year-old girl that you can bully every time you are in a bad mood.
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AngliholicSooth: Listen, Sister, let's something straight! I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven that you can push around every time you're on the rag."bun in the oven" = euphemism for "pregnant"
What does the part in bold mean? Thanks.
I am not some pregnant fifteen-year-old girl that you can bully every time you
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Feebs11AngliholicSooth: Listen, Sister, let's something straight! I'm not some fifteen-year-old with a bun in the oven that you can push around every time you're on the rag."bun in the oven" = euphemism for "pregnant"
What does the part in bold mean? Thanks.
I am not some pregnant fifteen-year-old g
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"On the rag" means "menstruating" -- which is something that tends to produce bad moods. 
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Yankee"On the rag" means "menstruating" -- which is something that tends to produce bad moods.
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Without getting too graphic, women need to do address the hygiene issues when they are menstruating. In prior days, a cloth was used to serve that purpose.
These days, of course, other things are used.
I highly advise you to NOT use the phrase "on the rag" with women, who are likely to be a little irritated by the phrase.
These days, of course, other things are used.
I highly advise you to NOT use the phrase "on the rag" with women, who are likely to be a little irritated by the phrase.
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Grammar GeekWithout getting too graphic, women need to do address the hygiene issues when they are menstruating. In prior days, a cloth was used to serve that purpose.
These days, of course, other things are used.
I highly advise you to NOT use the phrase "on the rag" with women, who are likely to be a little irritated by the phrase.
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AngliholicBy the way, why did you use "address" in your post instead of "deal with" or "handle?" Because "address" has a lot of connotations, I can't grasp its meaning without reading it a few times whenever it appears in the similar contexts of your reply.
If I may step in, "to address an issue" is a fixed expression (or collocation); in
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