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The only meaning I can assign it is an abbreviated form of "I am making fun of someone / something" It seems odd to abbreviate it this way, but in casual conversation, I suppose you might encounter it.CJ

1. In "The American Heritage Dictionary", the label Slang is applied to words which: A. strive for rhetorical effect through the use of extravagant speech. B. are considered insulting and derogatory. C. are acceptable only in conversation and informal writing. D. educated speakers and...

I've returned this thread to "regular" format, as the "question and answer" format can cause confusion, in a discussion of this kind, with a compound question.In response to the original question, I would agree with Forbes that in BrE books and academic journals, a...

Hi, Please correct the following text: Michael: I have been here for the last 5 years. Catherine: 5 years! Michael: 1: Ya, some have been here even longer than this. 2: Ya, some have been here longer than this. 3: Ya, some have been here even for longer than this. Michael: I've been...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

I can recall back in college I wrote an essay about the internet and how it would change our lives. I wrote that the biggest change would be the amount that the average person writes in their lifetime. I believed, and still do, that, with email and web forums, the internet created for the first...

i.e.=namely, right? Thanks a lot. Mister Micawber wrote:These are fine for formal writing-- or any other use:Put another way,Said another way,In other words,That is,I.e., (in formal writing this abbreviation should only be used in parenthetical remarks)This one is only for conversation:I mean,

These are fine for formal writing-- or any other use:Put another way,Said another way,In other words,That is,I.e., (in formal writing this abbreviation should only be used in parenthetical remarks)This one is only for conversation:I mean,

Hello, all! It’s my first post here. I’m Russian writer or maybe I think that I am a writer. In any case I published some poems, some stories and two novels in Russian newspapers and magazines, but it didn’t make me famous or rich. I am learning English today. Now I am posting here the first...