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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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0 Mean has several meanings. 02 br
00 A mean woman. 02 br
00 Which does it mean, a good woman or a not kind woman? 02 br
00 Thanks 02 br
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00 A mean woman. 02 br
00 Which does it mean, a good woman or a not kind woman? 02 br
00 Thanks 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 It does have several meanings. 02 br 02 br 00 Clive 0-
- 0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 It does have several meanings.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 It does have several meanings. Without any context, I'd guess unkind, or perhaps stingy. 02 br
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00 It does have several meanings. Without any context, I'd guess unkind, or perhaps stingy. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Liveinjapan 12 cite 10 A mean woman. 12 br10 I wonder how you got the idea 01 i 00 a mean woman 02 i 00 might be 01 i 00 a good woman 02 i 00 . [:^)] 02 br
10 Which does it mean, a good woman or a not kind woman? 12 br
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 There is a certain type of slang that seems to be based on using a word with its opposite meaning. 02 br
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00 eg The rock opera 'Tommy' featured someone deaf, dumb and blind who " 01 b 00 sure played a mean pinball 02 b 00 ". 02 br
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00 But I doubt that that is the intended meaning in our example of the
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00 There is a certain type of slang that seems to be based on using a word with its opposite meaning. 02 br
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00 eg The rock opera 'Tommy' featured someone deaf, dumb and blind who " 01 b 00 sure played a mean pinball 02 b 00 ". 02 br
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00 But I doubt that that is the intended meaning in our example of the
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