• neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago
    • it’s so shaped
    • one of the most animals

    If I had to pick a name for this kind of slang/phrasing, I think it would be something like “superlative trunc”, as in a truncated superlative (biggest, smallest, oldest, richest, tastiest, etc).

    I have a friend who suddenly realized they had a habit of blowing on very cold bites of food (like ice cream) as though it was something too hot to eat. They rationalized this as needing to do it for any food that was “too temperature.”

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    1 year ago

    I’ve read it like five times and I still don’t understand the first one. What are they saying/asking

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      They have replacement words in there.

      That’s certainly a thing

      I.e. “That’s certainly a car” or “That’s certainly a shirt”

      That’s so shaped

      I.e. “That’s so squared” or “That’s so rounded” (I’m not certain of this one"

      One of the best animals

      I.e. “He’s one of the best doggos”

      That’s my best guess but not sure

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        9 months ago

        Unless they literally meant “that is so shaped”, I could also imagine replacing the “so”, like, " is friend shaped"

        Though thinking about it, I haven’t seen anything other than “friend shaped” so that’s probably not it.