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01-Nov-2007, 18:18
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| |  Good Ol' and other expressions
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On some super star ish
Pushin hot bugatti whips
Rockin new designer fits
We can do it if you wit it
I'd really like to know about this expressions, what they really mean in this context.
2. "Good Ol'"
My second question is about the expression Good Ol'. I'd like to know all the possible meanings for that.
Thankyou very much! |
01-Nov-2007, 21:12
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
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Originally Posted by gustavo_bs  1.
On some super star ish
Pushin hot bugatti whips
Rockin new designer fits
We can do it if you wit it
I'd really like to know about this expressions, what they really mean in this context.
2. "Good Ol'"
My second question is about the expression Good Ol'. I'd like to know all the possible meanings for that.
Thankyou very much! | Welcome to the forums.
An important thing to remember is that the context of a word or phrase can tell you much. Please provide the full contexts for your questions.
If the first is a rap song, then I doubt if anyone will be able to explain except the rapper. |
02-Nov-2007, 00:00
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
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Originally Posted by Anglika Welcome to the forums.
An important thing to remember is that the context of a word or phrase can tell you much. Please provide the full contexts for your questions.
If the first is a rap song, then I doubt if anyone will be able to explain except the rapper. | Hello Anglika, thanks for your reply.
In the first case, it is not really a rap, but I'd just like to know if it make sense in english, and if the answer is yes, I'd like to know the best meanings to the words in bold.
About Good Ol', the phrase is: "Get some of that ol you know, good ol', good ol'"
I hope you can help me.
Waiting for answers and thankyou again! |
02-Nov-2007, 00:31
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
This is much more difficult than I first thought. I am familiar with these speech patterns, but I have difficulty translating them into a form that a non-English speaker can understand.
On some super star ish
Pushin hot bugatti whips
Rockin new designer fits
We can do it if you wit it
The general sense of this is about spending large amounts of money on flashy items to show off.
"Ol" is a shortened form of old and in your examples means familiar. "Good Ol" would be something familiar and enjoyable.
"Get some of that ol you know, good ol', good ol'"
In that example I think the writer means "sex".
Almost all lyrics in popular (i.e. hip-hop and rap) music are about sex, violence, drugs and money. |
02-Nov-2007, 00:34
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
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Originally Posted by mykwyner This is much more difficult than I first thought. I am familiar with these speech patterns, but I have difficulty translating them into a form that a non-English speaker can understand.
On some super star ish
Pushin hot bugatti whips
Rockin new designer fits
We can do it if you wit it
The general sense of this is about spending large amounts of money on flashy items to show off.
"Ol" is a shortened form of old and in your examples means familiar. "Good Ol" would be something familiar and enjoyable.
"Get some of that ol you know, good ol', good ol'"
In that example I think the writer means "sex".
Almost all lyrics in popular (i.e. hip-hop and rap) music are about sex, violence, drugs and money. | Thankyou very much!  |
02-Nov-2007, 00:40
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
Is it Britney's song? If so, I think the last one should be "wish it", not "wit it" |
02-Nov-2007, 01:25
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
These are lyrics from Britney Spears' new song "Freakshow," which is all about her (and her girlfriends) getting down and dirty on the dance floor, and dancing on tabletops in the club, wearing flashy new designer clothes and perhaps even "doing the nasty" with some guy right there in front of God and everyone. |
02-Nov-2007, 02:25
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
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Originally Posted by gustavo_bs 1.
On some super star ish
Pushin hot bugatti whips
Rockin new designer fits
| I'll take a stab at some of the slang here.
ish = like, superstarish = like a super star.
Bugatti whips. Bugatti is an expensive sports car. Whips are accessories. Bugatti whips = expensive accessories (could be jewelry, cars, or anything expensive).
designer fits -- I assume fits means clothes. Designer clothes implies fashionable clothes. So, designer fits would be fashionable clothes.
How's that? |
02-Nov-2007, 04:49
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| | Re: Good Ol' and other expressions
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Originally Posted by gustavo_bs Hello Anglika, thanks for your reply.
In the first case, it is not really a rap, but I'd just like to know if it make sense in english, and if the answer is yes, I'd like to know the best meanings to the words in bold.
About Good Ol', the phrase is: "Get some of that ol you know, good ol', good ol'"
I hope you can help me.
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