Once I went to a party at a gay friend’s house wearing a slinky dress. He greeted me with “Oo! Girlfriend, you look nasty.” It was the highest praise.
So is fire 6/7 or is 6/7 fire?
Presumably a euphemism for ass?
I chuckled. Great turn of phrase. Thank you.
The phrase filthy rich (to describe someone like Musk) is very old. I probably heard it when I was a kid.
Great example. I’m curious if other languages do something similar — I assume “yes”, but don’t know any examples. Good idea for a FQ thread.
Fire can’t be 6/7, because 6/7 isn’t anything.
6/7 was fire, but I think it’s mostly burned out now.
I believe the appropriate phrasing is 6/7 is cooked.
What do you mean by “something similar”?
Japanese slang also uses negative words as positive expressions.
There is a word やばい yabai meaning “terrible” or “dangerous”, so of course kids use it to mean fantastic / wonderful / great.
Yes..
You understood perfectly – using negative words to denote something positive.