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Does that phrase mean the same as "Give your balls a tug"?

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Lots of talk of “give your head a shake” but for context, “give your head a shake” from Cretien is functionally “fucking donkey, tabarnak”.

Do I think even harsher words and action are necessary? Fuck yes. But this is a nuanced fuck you coming from him so at least gets a 3/10 instead of 1/10.

Edit: tabarnak

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

I just wanted to know if "give your balls a tug" means the same thing

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how very canadian, nonsense weaksauce

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh I'm sorry. Did I leave a sign out where it said "if you need a way to comment without contributing to conversation while boosting your irrelevant ego" out somewhere? My bad. I need to make sure I don't have that sign displayed anymore

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"give your head a shake", lol, i mean, what, who says things like that outside a kindergarten playground, first graders would be mortified saying something that useless, toothless, banal, and they'd be mocked endlessly. "give your head a shake" for fucks sake, the man's an worldender, give your balls a tug eh

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So you begrudgingly answered my question. Thanks

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over the celebration of some canadian telling the fascist to "shake his head"

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No need to listen. Just type. Not my problem there's bullshit going on around you

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

give your head a shake, pal

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Did it. Things still seem pretty clear... what next?

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You sound like Trump. lol. You’re the best head shaker.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And you sound like someone who's perpetually on the internet that gets their only validation by rage bating. Funny where life takes us isn't it?

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t hear you denying it.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've only ever heard a Canadian say it, it means that they think your thoughts are all jumbled and if you shake your head a bit maybe some common sense will settle in. So maybe it's Canadian slang, eh?

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but Canadian slang just kind of hits in a certain way that makes your brain wonder. Like Canadian speech is like a sub-english, and i want to learn it

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sub-English?

Do you think they're sub-human, too?

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ok. I see what you're doing. Nice try, but I don't believe any person that speaks what I would consider a "sub-language" any lesser or pronouncedly different beyond region adaptations from around the world.

You can continue to make me look racist, but my first statement had nothing to do with race, culture, or religion. So trying to create a narrative to portray me that way is redundant and asinine

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then maybe pick a prefix that isn't synonymous with "beneath/lower" if that's the idea you're trying to get across.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll try to carefully use the short word for "substitute" a little better. I'd recommend learning all definitions of a word before you assume what people are saying

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sub- as a prefix does not mean substitute, though. The word "substitute" is made with that prefix but it doesn't represent it any more than "submarine".

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

So then beside what I told you, what if I meant "submarine-english"?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not sub-english. That's not how dialects are described.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

I'd prefer to refer to it as sub-english because it's English.... but it makes more sense to Canadians (of a certain regions) than the rest of the world until the rest of the world hears it and then it makes perfect sense. It's not a new language. It's just using an old language in a new way. If it was a dialect it would be like everything described by Jeff Foxworthy with his "you might be a redneck" jokes

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yah know this cutesy "Make fun of Trump for being an idiot" rhetoric is nice and all, but how about people take a principled stand against the fact that he is a fascist trying to install a fascist regime.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just wanted to share news and ask if "give your head a shake" means the same as "give your balls a tug"

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really trying to shit on you or anything, more so just wanted to express that I'm upset news outlets and politicians aren't taking Trump seriously as a threat.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Trust me. Just because certain news sources aren't taking him as a threat doesn't necessarily mean he's not a threat. However, I don't know another community where I can post real facts WHILE asking for a comparison of slang

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i feel like maybe things would be better if he had kept his head perfectly still that one time

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Or maybe he should have shook it harder