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  • Asked on October 11, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

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  • Asked on October 11, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on October 10, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on October 10, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on October 10, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on October 10, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on October 10, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on September 19, 2021 in Meaning.

    I mean good stuff, it’s almost the opposite of substance.

    The full metaphor is “throwing red meat to…” The idea behind this is to depict the audience in question as a pack of hungry dogs or wolves, and the content in question as exactly the stuff they were eagerly gathered thereto consume.

    What are some examples of a talk that your audience enjoyed that didn’t have red meat?

    What makes a compliment? I’m leaving it to you to decide.

    • 357166 views
    • 89 answers
    • 131975 votes
  • Asked on March 28, 2021 in Meaning.

    Why does back up happen when multiple answers are

    posted around the same topic? In that

    1. sentence, “Move in the wrong direction” was the way to describe things. Eg: To get out of a parking space I usually have to back up my car.
    2. What needs should I do? Opinion: Baseball traditionally have a pitcher, a relief pitcher, and a backup reliever? In the world of writing, we all need to prove things with statistics and many rely on this.
    3. What is the verb form of previous meaning? To make a copy of. That is why it is always a good idea to back up your files.
    4. To follow through with a promise or commitment — by threats. Is it actually bragging? The phrase “bluff ” is literally the opposite to bluffing. My mom could say this is important definition of

    “Neath the law” (eg, one should never enter a house without a backup.) Now Since meaning 2 is also commonly used in situations that involve physical confrontations (eg: An officer should never enter the house without backup.) I can see where some people could get confused. When you hear anything like “Don’t talk smack unless you can back it up?" if you also happen., you understand exactly what 3. Like “We wouldn’t be able to talk smack unless we were going to talk about what you said.”

    I first heard both “get all up in my face” and meaning four of “back it up” while hanging out with speakers of AAVE so I suspect both originated from there (particularly the former). Like this from AAVE tend to get borrowed by speakers of other North American English dialects because they sound cool (or tough), but I don’t know how widely used they are outside of the USA, I

    mean it hasn’t already been published elsewhere recently.

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  • Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.

    If you are talking about the smallish demi-wall at the top of many buildings, that’s called a parapet.

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