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Kenith

Australia

<!-==text==begin==-> Hi EBabies,
I’d like toknow the meanings of:

1) “ask fortreats”
2) “limerick”—in the sentence “sayhello through fun limericks”
3) I’m all for the”far out” and wacky events. what’s “far out”? andwhat’s “I’m all for…”?
4) “say a funky ‘hi’to someone”. what’s that?

thanks alot!
Kenith


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09:44 PM May 15 2001 |

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Eric

Eric

United States

<!-==text==begin==-> Hi Kenith,
Where are yougetting all of these crazy terms?
“ask fortreats” is kind of tough, I would have to see thewhole sentence, but I’m guessing it means tothings:
1) someone is asking for favors, or”treats”, or..
2) it literally means asking forsomething tasty to eat

“limerick”, is atype of poem, I would give you an example but theonly ones I can think of are kind of crude. Trylooking the word up at<dictionary.com>

“far out” is one ofmy personal favorites. If something is far out, itis wild and crazy. If you just say “far out” inresponse to someone like:

Person A: “I’mgoing to Los Angeles this weekend.”
Person B:”Far out, man. I’ve never been there.”

Inthis case it just means ‘cool’ or’neat’

Say a ‘funky hi’? You’re on your ownthere. I think it simply means saying “what’s up?”As in:

Person A: “I’m going over toKenith’s house tonight”
Person B: “I haven’tseen him in a while. Give him a funky hi forme.”

I hope this helps,
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12:24 PM May 16 2001 |