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picked on

Date: Nov 30 2006

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Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“In grade school … they … picked on me.”

Chris Rock talking about how he was treated when he was a kid.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

laughed at or were mean to; made fun of; gave a hard time

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When Chris Rock says kids picked on him, he means that other kids made fun of him. It’s possible they started fights with him too and just generally made his life miserable by being mean to him.

Say your little sister comes home from school and is upset because her friends laughed at her new haircut. You can tell your parents: “Mia is upset because she got picked on today.”

Many children get picked on. They get teased, laughed at, and made fun of. It’s just part of growing up.

When you were younger, did you pick on other kids, or did they pick on you?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I was fat when I was a kid, so all the kids picked on me.”

“The boys picked on Gretchen until she ran home crying.”

“His dad picked on him about everything- the way he looked, the clothes he wore. It was really sad.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	made fun of by mw1909
	ride on by umite88
	punishing, treat him unfairly by mahboobeh
	teasing by sook young kim
	to treat someone badly, unfairly, critisize... Oh, poor Chris by Olchen
	picked on someone is to bother or annoy someone by telling him bad things or by bickering with him by trey
	to treat badly, mocking, start fighting by Slender
	play tricks on somebody.make fun of someone by sunny-2006
	to criticize, punish or be unkind to the same person frequently and unfairly by tmmg
	To persistently criticize /scold /nag / find fault with. by Liton
	to be treated badly by oceangirl05
	to behave in unfair way to somene by Y.Furu
	It means to tease someone. by oymankariz
	to bully or to tease sb. by yuc1222
	not treat well by aicha oukacha
	persistently treat somebody unfairly: to blame, criticize, or bully somebody repeatedly in a way that is considered unfair or unkind by ebarals
	they ...picked on me means they punished me, they blamed me... by thuhuong
	make jokes by HQ.CHN
	laugh at sb by sc03209
	its means like they bugged him or they mistreated him by Dalilah
	He was bullied. by Miss Adry
	Chris rock was teased by other students. by JazzThing
	He was a bad treated at school by SergioTirado
	I think taht to pick up someone means to tease him/her. by erikapi
	kidding with someone, by arrrzu
	to tease, to be nasty to somebody by asli.asli
	I think that Chris means he was abused when he was in school. Abused by older kids that beated him or took his money or lunch away from him just to bother him. by meli_rubi
	Other people lauhg at him and make jokes about him. by osatoga
	When somebody calls your name and talks about you all the time with no reason, but just to make a joke about you mantioning your nationality, skin color, or anything about your personality. by stylist
	Always standing by for the smallest reasons to be angry with him. by Pamlyn Redrick
	it means to bully somebody by cdan_2006
	tease by anna2
	To pick on means to tease someone. e.g.: Stop picking on your sister, Edward. Let her study in peace. by bestfco
	make fun of by darren2008
	loughing on me by Marzouq
	to tease ,to laugh at . by bobhe
	To choose to criticize, To choose to make fun of, Being picked on mean "Being the center of attention of everyone for fun / amusement" by EmzBe
	I guess they took a joke with him. by dazone
	bullied by gianpaolo_p2002
	To give somebody trouble,even somebody didn't do anything! by smoglee35
	bashing and call him bad name by amado
	when you pick on someone you "tease,annoy" him :) by snello
	To be bullied by other people by doods
	be unfriendly to sb. make funny of by vivian.he

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