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Usenet Posted 20 years ago
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Sup mate

What is the meaning of that term? Does it mean sexual partner, just a good mate or maybe something else?
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Wiktor
  

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I'm not familiar with the term as a noun phrase. In an Australian context, it's more likely: " 'S'up mate? ", so it really doesn't mean "bed mate" or anything of an intimate partnership.

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  • I'm not familiar with the term as a noun phrase.
  • In an Australian context, it's more likely: " 'S'up mate?
  • ", so it really doesn't mean "bed mate" or anything of an intimate partnership.
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I'm not familiar with the term as a noun phrase.
In an Australian context, it's more likely: " 'S'up mate? ", a contraction of "What's up mate?", which is synonymous with "What's happening?",
so it really doesn't mean "bed mate" or anything of an intimate partnership.
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Yeah, i've seen it used as an abbreviation for "What's up?" even in an english contest.
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