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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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JUST TOO SAD FOR WORDS

Hi friends,
could someone explain to me this expression?:

'...then I would have to tell the motherfuckers that they were JUST TOO SAD FOR WORDS.' This is a commentary about this host, entertainer, on a TV show talking "nonsense shit" to Miles Davis.

Thanks in advance, Jo.
  

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The person being talked about does not command any respect

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The person being talked about does not command any respect
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It's a statement of disapproval and always used in a derogatory way to ridicule. The word "sad" is the disapproval in this context, "for words" puts emphasis on it to give a strong disapproval. It's quite common to hear people, or something that they are doing, called "sad". E.g: "Colin collects empty baked bean cans. How sad is that?". So basically Colin is being ridiculed because he colle
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None of you get it. It means to be so hurt... sorrowful that it's presence literally hurts you at your core!








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