Style

   Share on Facebook  
maj  #40511  Tue, 03 Aug 04 01:37 AM
What does cramp your style mean? If I say he is cramping my style, what would you understand?
  
Top 25 Contributor
Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003
Senior Member (4,756)
Guest  #40573  Tue, 03 Aug 04 12:21 PM
When you 'cramp my style' your presence is interfering in something I am trying to do. This is a slang expression, a bit old-fashioned, now often used ironically.

Example:

If a teenager has to take a younger sibling along to a get together with his friends, it will be more difficult for him to impress the girls, so he might complain that he younger one is 'cramping my style'.
  
AddThis Feed Button RSS Feed: ESL General English Grammar Questions
© 2008 MediaCET Ltd.
Terms and Conditions & Terms of Service