EPTStop saying "baller" - Page 5
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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CommanderFluffy
Taiwan1059 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:09 Nitrogen wrote: BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLER out of spite. | ||
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Chef
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I was under the impression the word came from poker, and came with the visual of a snowball rolling down a hill and picking up mass, like a poker player in a tournament stacking people and getting bigger and bigger and more unstoppable. I didn't know that it originally came from basketball players... And I kind of don't even believe that. If someone is doing a series of skillful things in a row, I still tend to say they're balling out of control  But yeah, a girl getting a nice gift for her boyfriend is not baller... It just devalues the use of the word IMO to something as mundane as being synonymous with "cool," which I think it's clear it shouldn't be. PS: I believe Hemingway once said "Baller is not synonymous with cool, you retards." | ||
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baller
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:21 baller wrote: fuck you man Joined TL.net Tuesday, 21st of March 2006 LOLOLOL, his first post | ||
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
The English language wouldn't even exist if people like him had their way centuries ago.  | ||
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gusbear
333 Posts
On December 29 2008 05:59 decafchicken wrote: So? I've listened to all of the above mentioned artists and all have something i like. Quit talking about taste in music like its objective. seriously whats up with you music nazis. get over yourselves. your tastes in music do not define whats good or in this case, whats "real". lol... "real rap" edit: had to make a pic ![[image loading]](http://i42.tinypic.com/2lusw90.jpg) | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:25 gusbear wrote: seriously whats up with you music nazis. get over yourselves. your tastes in music do not define whats good or in this case, whats "real". lol... "real rap" I LISTEN TO BANDS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF, THEREFORE MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS BETTER THAN YOURS! AHAHAHAHAHA! | ||
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GinNtoniC
Sweden2945 Posts
the word has its uses though. as Hot_Bid said on p.1: On December 29 2008 04:14 Hot_Bid wrote: nony's pretty baller for advancing to the finals of courage now thats warranted. Boxer locking down ~carriers or blinding observers to take out carriers with cloaked wraiths etc - makes him a baller. The word has its situational uses, but generally yes - enough is enough | ||
LosingID8
CA10826 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:21 baller wrote: fuck you man you're hurting this guy's feelings  | ||
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kefkalives
Australia1272 Posts
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:21 baller wrote: fuck you man omg LOOL. | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
However, Jaedong in a suit = baller | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:25 Dazed_Spy wrote: Baller means whatever way it is used, like all language, fucking op is an idiot. The English language wouldn't even exist if people like him had their way centuries ago. Sometimes when I talk to people, I'll use the actual definitions of words, and then they'll misunderstand me and get completely retarded because they wanted to use their own personal definition of the word. The English language is evolving, but it isn't evolving randomly. It has structure, and everyone you intend to understand you should know what you mean by the word when you use it. You can't just randomly decide this word means this now... There has to be a social event or political reason for the word to have a new meaning. Calling everything baller is just the result of a lot of people not understanding what the word means to begin with. If it catches on that everyone uses it for everything, you'll see the word disappear from common English in ten years like every other meaningless overused word. | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:21 baller wrote: fuck you man LOL | ||
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bubblegumbo
Taiwan1296 Posts
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Yogurt
United States4258 Posts
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Narrator
United States868 Posts
I like to use baller for sarcastic fun and I'm sure other people are too... | ||
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NotSupporting
Sweden1998 Posts
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
On December 29 2008 06:57 Chef wrote: Or you will see it cement itself as a commonly used word like "Cool" and other words similar to it. Of course you cant just randomly use one word to mean something totally different inconsistently, you can however form definitions of already existing words and give them a new meaning, on hopes that this definition will catch on as a popular slang phrase. Over time Slang either dies out or it becomes accepted vernacular of a language. Baller may become the new gay or the new cool, or it may not. Time will tell, not some ranting nerd on the internet. Sometimes when I talk to people, I'll use the actual definitions of words, and then they'll misunderstand me and get completely retarded because they wanted to use their own personal definition of the word. The English language is evolving, but it isn't evolving randomly. It has structure, and everyone you intend to understand you should know what you mean by the word when you use it. You can't just randomly decide this word means this now... There has to be a social event or political reason for the word to have a new meaning. Calling everything baller is just the result of a lot of people not understanding what the word means to begin with. If it catches on that everyone uses it for everything, you'll see the word disappear from common English in ten years like every other meaningless overused word. | ||
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