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Words like "baller" and "arguably"

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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
January 31 2011 13:43 GMT
#1
Since I am no native english speaker, I have difficulties to get the exact meaning of some words. The word "baller" seems to be slang. Is it just a word or does it originally means someone with (big) balls, so he is a baller? Or is it slang with no literal meaning (such as "roller" in the sense of a police patrol?)

Then "arguably". I often see this word used in the meaning of "probably" or "perhaps". The literal sense of "arguably" is that one could argue about it, which implies a weaker meaning than "probably".
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gongryong
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1430 Posts
January 31 2011 13:46 GMT
#2
The rule with all these kitschy new words is to just play them by ear :p
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Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 13:48:49
January 31 2011 13:46 GMT
#3
arguably you've been ballin' too much yo

why not just type these 2 words in google and have your question answered in 20s instead of starting new thread?
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PolSC2
Profile Joined December 2010
United States634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 13:48:46
January 31 2011 13:47 GMT
#4
U mad jelly? I'm mad sweet potato jelly brah.

Jelly = jealous. Use it often.
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SiDX
Profile Joined July 2009
New Zealand1975 Posts
January 31 2011 13:50 GMT
#5
urbandictionary.com is a good site for situations like this.
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
January 31 2011 13:50 GMT
#6
On January 31 2011 22:46 Itachii wrote:
arguably you've been ballin' too much yo

why not just type these 2 words in google and have your question answered in 20s instead of starting new thread?
Google and dictionaries give me the literal meaning. This is not what I am looking for.
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PiRate647
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium187 Posts
January 31 2011 13:50 GMT
#7
baller means cool, badass, gosu, etc... \ I think it originates from when people who played basketball were considered exceptionally hip and were called `ballers`. I don`t think it means they have big balls but that would be funny : D.

arguably is the opposite of definitely. f.e. saying somebody is` arguably the best` means he is one of the best, but certainly very good.

My turn! I dont speak korean; do words like `chobo` and `gosu` actually have a meaning? and is it rude/offensive to call somebody chobo or is it just a friendly term?
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Iyerbeth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
England2410 Posts
January 31 2011 13:50 GMT
#8
Arguably is a real word, which literally means the position could be reasonably well argued if someone were to disagree with the position. It doesn't necessarily mean the person agree's with the position, but it's just a position that could be defended to some extent.

Baller...I don't really understand and I am a native English speaker. It's slang, but whenever these words come up I check them on UrbanDictionary.com (often NSFW!!) and whilst it's not often entirely right, if you read through all the entries people have made it often gives a good idea of the meaning of slang words.
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seaofsaturn
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States489 Posts
January 31 2011 13:51 GMT
#9
"Baller" originates from the black community (they make all the good slang words) referring to someone good at basketball.
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Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
January 31 2011 13:51 GMT
#10
On January 31 2011 22:50 [F_]aths wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2011 22:46 Itachii wrote:
arguably you've been ballin' too much yo

why not just type these 2 words in google and have your question answered in 20s instead of starting new thread?
Google and dictionaries give me the literal meaning. This is not what I am looking for.


http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baller

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arguably

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Lythox
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands161 Posts
January 31 2011 13:52 GMT
#11
Type in baller in google and voila, first result is the one dictionary we all know and love.
Slakter
Profile Joined January 2010
Sweden1947 Posts
January 31 2011 13:52 GMT
#12
Chobo is noob and Gosu is nowadays gamer-slang for Pro.
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
January 31 2011 13:53 GMT
#13
arguably you could use urbandictionary for most cases where the dictionary definition doesnt seem to apply

i actually think the most common usage of 'arguably' is 'in my opinion' or 'the following statement would be supported by a significant percentage of the population'
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
January 31 2011 13:54 GMT
#14
come on
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