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29 Aug 2022, 6:50 am

naturalplastic wrote:
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Sonic200 wrote:
"lame" means unable to walk, but typically when people use the word these days that is not what they mean.
I didn't know that but language does evolve & change over time & words can also mean different things in different places.


Wait a minute.

You ...did not know...what the word 'lame' originally meant?

Seriously?

We all get what you meant. In kidspeak 'lame' means 'ineffective' or boring or inane, or like that. But it originally meant that atleast one of your legs didnt work (like you had a fracture). And you had to hobble on crutches.
Maybe my SN shoulda been Patric Star because I'm living under a rock. I don't recall ever hearing Lame in that context.


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29 Aug 2022, 8:11 am

Sonic200 wrote:
Kurt Cobain thought of himself as being dumb.



"I think I'm dumb. I think I'm dumb. I think I'm dumb. I think I'm dumb. I think I'm dumb."

Dumb used to mean mute. So if he was actually dumb in that context, he wouldn't have been able to sing.