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Trash Talking

Date: May 31 2007

Author: phoogoo

Lesson

My brother and I went to the Yankees vs. Red Sox game last Tuesday. I have to say, there was a lot of trash talking at the game. I heard a lot of Yankee fans shout things like "Red Sox suck," or "go home Red Sox fans." Even though there were not nearly as many Red Sox fans they could certainly dish it out as well. It helped that the Red Sox crushed the Yankees 7-3. We even saw one fan spit on another fan. If it were the Mariners or the A's or something it might not have been so heated. But the Yankees and Red Sox have a rivalry that goes back a long way.

Vocabulary

Yankees (n.)- One of New Yorks professional baseball teams located in the Bronx

Red Sox (n.) - Boston's baseball team

trash talk (n.) - when someone yells insults at another person

trash talk (v.) - yelling insults

suck (v. slang) - to be bad, not cool, not good - it's a pretty strong word

dish out (v.) - to attack

crush (v.) - to beat someone by a wide margin or by a lot of points

Mariners (n. ) - Seattle's baseball team

A's (n.) - Oakland's baseball team

heated (adj.) - angry or confrontational

rivalry (n.) - when one person or team has a long time competition with another one, sometimes to the point where each one hates the other.

Picture

These were our seats in Yankee Stadium

Discussion

Is it common in other cultures for people to trash talk? What do people trash talk about? Sports? Politics? Relationships? Fashion? Is it serious or just a friendly game?

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melissa8591

Bulgaria

this lesson was very useful for me,I learnt a lot

Vickiebaby

China

nice

Darcy VIViani

Brazil

why trasch talking

Darcy VIViani

Brazil

why trasch talking

Darcy VIViani

Brazil

i loved allthe lessons

Shirley Marie Bradby

United States

This is a very good lesson and it speaks about a very sensitive subject. Violence at sports events is increasing and people continue to behave very badly. In fact ...it has become dangerous to even go to see a game! : (

fabiano82

Brazil

a lesson like that is so goog ´cuz make people discuss about many problems..and i lot of point of view are explained…and shered.

keep on this way…it´s so constructive.

wag222

Jordan

thank you , verygood lesson we dont have like this game but its good to know<

za7ef4

Saudi Arabia

soo good i like it soo much

jamiealan35921

United Kingdom

hi. trash talking is normally just for fun, it's not normally done to hurt the other person. it's when you "make fun of" someone (say funny, insulting things about them) or try to insult them.

tafa

Macedonia

Nice to be part of you all , I think I learn here more than any other place in the internet . Thanks

Merghadi

Morocco

that's fine continue please

mohcine552

Morocco

yes

Bahraini78

Bahrain

Thanks for the very useful lesson. Though its bad thing, I think it's quite normal to hear such bad words in such rivalry matches.

sisilena

China

i like this lesson but i'm a girl i cant really imagine the yelling things or attack. it's in my eyes just like some show in the movie not really exist in real life. cos none of my friends like that kind of sports, soccer or baseball. yeah, my bf is a super fan of soccer but he is a mature guy no longer do that trush talk thing. insulting others just for a game really not good, maybe belongs young age.

Huyen

Viet Nam

This is my first time to learn a lesson here and this lesson is really very useful. Thank you.

rosellie jade

Philippines

i've learn a lot of vocabs here in english baby, i hope you guys would keep on giving such intresting lessons

yboem_sc

China

trash talking is a cuture.in some place,many people want to spill out their dissatisfaction,when they usually say some strong word.maybe,somebody who don't experience it can not understand it.in fact,every one has a dark side,the nasty words just reveal the dark side of the people.