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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
swerve/beef/green light
A: Come on in.
B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here.
What you drinkin', dog?
A: What am i drinkin'? The best.
B: The best. I know. It's the best for the best.
A: I heard you had a beef in vegas.
There's a green light on your ass.
B: Nah, no problem. It's all good.
It's a dialogue in the Training Day, I don't know what any of the three means, can someone explain them to me and are they used only in American English?
Thanks.
B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here.
What you drinkin', dog?
A: What am i drinkin'? The best.
B: The best. I know. It's the best for the best.
A: I heard you had a beef in vegas.
There's a green light on your ass.
B: Nah, no problem. It's all good.
It's a dialogue in the Training Day, I don't know what any of the three means, can someone explain them to me and are they used only in American English?
Thanks.
Top answer
A: Come on in. B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here. (to party hard /to flirt ) What you drinkin', dog?
- A: Come on in.
- B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here.
- (to party hard /to flirt ) What you drinkin', dog?
- A: What am i drinkin'?
- The best.
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A: Come on in.
B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here. (to party hard /to flirt )
What you drinkin', dog?
A: What am i drinkin'? The best.
B: The best. I know. It's the best for the best.
A: I heard you had a beef in vegas. (fight)
There's a green light on your ***. (it probably mea
B: Yeah, time to get my swerve on here. (to party hard /to flirt )
What you drinkin', dog?
A: What am i drinkin'? The best.
B: The best. I know. It's the best for the best.
A: I heard you had a beef in vegas. (fight)
There's a green light on your ***. (it probably mea
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time to get my swerve on here -time to get my groove on, time to flirt and have fun
I heard you had a beef in vegas - I heard you had a fight, a grudge in Vegas
There's a green light on your ***. - they're looking for you
As much as BrE and AmE are related and exchanging vocabulary I would call these American Slang.
By the way, green light (or greenlight
I heard you had a beef in vegas - I heard you had a fight, a grudge in Vegas
There's a green light on your ***. - they're looking for you
As much as BrE and AmE are related and exchanging vocabulary I would call these American Slang.
By the way, green light (or greenlight
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I have never used or heard swerve used that way, and I assure you I have never said nor heard there is a green light on anyone's ***. So while they sound American, they are not common American phrases -- at least, not among the people I know.
Beef, however, is reasonably common, although I've never heard it used to mean a fight. Just a complaint.
Beef, however, is reasonably common, although I've never heard it used to mean a fight. Just a complaint.
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Frankly, I find them totally weird! I will probably be in splits if I anyone tells me they have a green light on their ***!! 
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Well you'd have to be living in an NY ghetto to hear people speak like that really. Or you'd have to be the opposite..someone like 50 cent or Dr. Dre
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