Aamir Tariq
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I have been watching people broadcasting their videos on Periscope. I have seen many Americans are using "AF" in their broadcast titles. When I started watching their scopes I didn't understand what "AF" meant, but later I learned it meant "As F**k", like "I am high (drunk) af".
Now, the point here is that when we compare somebody with someone else especially when they are having the same attributes, we use the following structure.
as+adjective+as
Steve is as tall as Kevin.
Emma is as intelligent as Jennifer.
as+adverb+as
He runs as fast as I do.
She speaks French as fluently as Anna does.
(The point of confusion)
Now why there is a single "as" in AF (As F**k)? It should have been something like "as .... as f**k".
Like the Americans say, "I am high as f**k", but they don't say, "I am as high as f**k". They drop the first "as".
(Bellow is my conclusion, please correct me if I am wrong)
From this construction. I think they are not comparing themselves or someone with someone else, but they are putting more stress on what they are feeling just as they use "as hell" too. Keeping this in mind, I think "as f**k" or "AF" can also be replaced by "as hell", like.
I'm high as hell". or "I am high as f**k" are interchangeable.
just as "hell" and "f**k" are interchangeable in the followings constructions too.
Who the hell is he.
Who the f**k is he.
I'm sorry to have used the F word on this forum. But this is how Americans are using it in their scopes (broadcasts) on Periscope. At first I got confused but afterwards I got used to it.
To end my post for those of you who are not familiar with Periscope and the terminology "scope" they use. Periscope is a cell phone app for live streaming, and "scope" means "broadcast" or "video stream" on Periscope.
Now, the point here is that when we compare somebody with someone else especially when they are having the same attributes, we use the following structure.
as+adjective+as
Steve is as tall as Kevin.
Emma is as intelligent as Jennifer.
as+adverb+as
He runs as fast as I do.
She speaks French as fluently as Anna does.
(The point of confusion)
Now why there is a single "as" in AF (As F**k)? It should have been something like "as .... as f**k".
Like the Americans say, "I am high as f**k", but they don't say, "I am as high as f**k". They drop the first "as".
(Bellow is my conclusion, please correct me if I am wrong)
From this construction. I think they are not comparing themselves or someone with someone else, but they are putting more stress on what they are feeling just as they use "as hell" too. Keeping this in mind, I think "as f**k" or "AF" can also be replaced by "as hell", like.
I'm high as hell". or "I am high as f**k" are interchangeable.
just as "hell" and "f**k" are interchangeable in the followings constructions too.
Who the hell is he.
Who the f**k is he.
I'm sorry to have used the F word on this forum. But this is how Americans are using it in their scopes (broadcasts) on Periscope. At first I got confused but afterwards I got used to it.
To end my post for those of you who are not familiar with Periscope and the terminology "scope" they use. Periscope is a cell phone app for live streaming, and "scope" means "broadcast" or "video stream" on Periscope.
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