“Put that in your pipe and smoke it”
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“Put that in your pipe and smoke it”
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#2> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome.
Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
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#3And these days we describe people as being "based" i.e. "freebased" i.e. "engaging in action or thought without regard to the opinion of others (because you're high on rock cocaine)"
Re: “Put that in your pipe and smoke it”
#4> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome. Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
I always read it as a poking-fun variant of "booyah!"
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#5> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome. Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
Where I grew up in England it was the polite version of "well you can just shove it up your arse". Maybe the meaning has moved on because "smoke" as meaning consider has been lost, or perhaps it was a local variation.
Just checked with my partner, they're from half the country away from where I'm from and they agree.
Re: “Put that in your pipe and smoke it”
#6> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome. Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
I always read it as a poking-fun variant of "booyah!"
Which is of Hebrew origin and shares roots with the African "Boomshakalaka!"
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#7And these days we describe people as being "based" i.e. "freebased" i.e. "engaging in action or thought without regard to the opinion of others (because you're high on rock cocaine)"
Based
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#8And these days we describe people as being "based" i.e. "freebased" i.e. "engaging in action or thought without regard to the opinion of others (because you're high on rock cocaine)"
It was lil B who turned that word into a positive term.
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#9And these days we describe people as being "based" i.e. "freebased" i.e. "engaging in action or thought without regard to the opinion of others (because you're high on rock cocaine)"
In the past decade the term "based" has been reclaimed by Lil B, and has lost the derogatory connotation.
From my experience "based" represents a level-headed, wise individual who can think outside the box.
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#10> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome. Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
Where I grew up in England it was the polite version of "well you can just shove it up your arse". Maybe the meaning has moved on because "smoke" as meaning consider has been lost, or perhaps it was a local variation. Just checked with my partner, they're from half the country away from where I'm from and they agree.
(From the South West) I agree it can be like that, but I also think the quoted bit is fair - to me it doesn't have to be adversarial 'ha, take that!' it can be more 'eesh, I'm on your side but ugh, what a blow'.