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Question by Juan
Submitted on 7/25/2003
Related FAQ: The alt.usage.english FAQ
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can you help me , I am a chilean who want to learn much about English but i dont know some phrases  like :
been-there ,done- that blasé buffoon ;
and get one´s  ya-yas out
if anyone knows the meaning of these phrases please send me an E-mail
juan31127@latinamil.com  or  publicidadzonasur@terra.cl
thank you  beforehand

 
 

Answer by joanna
Submitted on 10/2/2003
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Juan, I'm inclined to suggest you don't even try to stay current with slang and colloquialisms -- they exist primarily in pop culture and go in and out of usage so rapidly.  But here are a couple of answers:

Been-there, done-that (sometimes b-t, d-t, got the t-shirt), means effectively, I've had that experience. e.g., tattoos - been there, done that.

blase buffoon - ??? (never heard that one)

get one's ya-yas out means to cut lose and have fun. After a hard week at work, the girlfriends went to the club to get their ya-yas out.

 

Answer by Dr. Cool
Submitted on 11/3/2003
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the synonymes for "cool" that are "in" right now would be thats tight, sweet, thats sick, thats tubular, catch u on the FLIPSIDE, smell u later, dont catch the bad breezy for sheezie

 

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