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miaow!

5000 Hi! I've read that "miaow" can mean "a catty remark". But I wonder how it is used. Like "he said miaow" means "he said something spiteful" or in a dialogue, when one person says something malicious, another one may say "Miaow!" meaning "stop saying bad things about people". In a nutshell, could you give me a real example of the usage of this meaning?010id5
  

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" meaning "stop saying bad things about people". 02font 00Exactly. We sometimes say such a person is 'a 01i 00catty02i 00 person'.

— Clive

  • " meaning "stop saying bad things about people".
  • 02font 00Exactly.
  • We sometimes say such a person is 'a 01i 00catty02i 00 person'.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00in a dialogue, when one person says something malicious, another one may say "Miaow!" meaning "stop saying bad things about people". 02font00Exactly. We sometimes say such a person is 'a 01i00catty02i00 person'. For some reason, this is usually said about women but not about men.02br
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0 Miaow! Why are only women presumed to be 01i00catty?02i050010id1
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Miaow! Why are only women presumed to be 01i00catty?02i00 00Perhaps it's related to the general perception that cats are smart?02font02br
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01font00Best wishes, Clive02font0-
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0 Hmmmmmm.......01i00that02i00would make sense! 050010id5
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0Definition02br
00miaow, US USUALLY meow [C]02br
01b00the high crying sound of a cat02br
02b00Compare 05000; 05100.02br
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00miaow 01a00Show phonetics02a02br
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01b00(1) A cat was miaowing pitifully outside the door.02br
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0 Imagine the scene Two gay men geting ready for a night out when one turns to the other and says (for example) Your *** really does look big in that. The other man might reply "miaow". The underlying connotation being that the other has just made a catty remark. It is generally used for sarcasm. I have never heard it used in any other context, but i may be wrong. 0-
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0 Miaow - can mean a catty remark.However "she is just the cat's miaow" can mean she is the just the best around.Do not know the origin 0-
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