Weird phrases

[nq:1]hey, it's me again. This time I'm asking you to help me in explaining some phrases. Here they go: street cred[/nq]
Street Credibility - a sense of fashion or way of behaving which makes one accepted by the people on the street
[nq:1]saddo[/nq]
It's just a form of "sad" which in this case means somebody who is pathetic - the subject of pity.
[nq:1]gym junkies[/nq]
I'm not

[nq:2]mall walking.[/nq]
[nq:1]No idea. A mall is a shopping centre in the US, and walking is, er, walking, so it means walking ... senior employee in a department store whose job is to oversee the sales assistants, but I don't think that's related.[/nq]
"Mall walking" is taking exercise by walking around inside a shopping mall rather than outdoors. It is popular in places where the climat

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[nq:2]No idea. A mall is a shopping centre in the ... oversee the sales assistants, but I don't think that's related.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Mall walking" is taking exercise by walking around inside a shopping mall rather than outdoors. It is popular in places where the climate is

[nq:2]gym junkies[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not aware of this being a standard phrase, but it means somebody who is addicted to exercise.[/nq]
Could be, but also could be the male that hangs around the gym hoping to meet junkettes. Conversations are easier to start up in the gym setting. The junkettes have a more difficult time avoiding the approach when they are in the middle of their timed workout

[nq:2]No idea. A mall is a shopping centre in the ... oversee the sales assistants, but I don't think that's related.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Mall walking" is taking exercise by walking around inside a shopping mall rather than outdoors. It is popular in places where the climate isn't conducive to outdoor exercise.[/nq]
In Florida, in February, I got the clear impression that those who walked in the m

[nq:2]I'm not aware of this being a standard phrase, but it means somebody who is addicted to exercise.[/nq]
[nq:1]Could be, but also could be the male that hangs around the gym hoping to meet junkettes.[/nq]
I'd rather have a junkette than a junket.
[nq:1]Conversations are easier to start up in the gym setting. The junkettes have a more difficult time avoiding the approach when they a

[nq:2]tough love[/nq]
[nq:1]Doing the right thing[/nq]
I would say it is "doing the thing which the person affected, usually a child, considers harsh or at least more restrictive than he wants. I only add this because I think that some who go for "tough love" go too far or way too far. Too much leniency and too much harshness can both be counterproductive.
[nq:1]to somebody you love, e

[nq:2]dumbing down[/nq]
[nq:1]The reduction in the intellectual content of art to appeal to the masses ...[/nq]
Not just art. It can apply to anything that might have intellectual content, such as political debate or the interfaces to complex systems.
[nq:1]... who are assumed to have low taste[/nq]
Rather, low interest in anything that actually involves thinking.
Mark Brader,

[nq:2]Doing the right thing[/nq]
[nq:1]I would say it is "doing the thing which the person affected, usually a child, considers harsh or at least ... love" go too far or way too far. Too much leniency and too much harshness can both be counterproductive.[/nq]
Agreeing with you somewhat, I can add that it's a phrase and a concept which I have never deployed. Certainly, my children do not li

[nq:2]I would say it is "doing the thing which the ... much leniency and too much harshness can both be counterproductive.[/nq]
[nq:1]Agreeing with you somewhat, I can add that it's a phrase and a concept which I have never deployed. Certainly, my children do not live in a democracy, but to me there's something slightly worrying about the active use of the term.[/nq]
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