Re: Get
bent
Posted by Bookworm on October 18, 2002 In Reply to: Re: Get bent posted by TheFallen
on October 18, 2002
: : : : : What is the meaning of the phrase
"get bent"?
: : : : "Get bent! -- I despise you!" From "Flappers 2 Rappers:
American Youth Slang" by Tom Dalzell (Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield, Mass.,
1996).
: : : : That's kind of weak, isn't it. "Get bent" means go get a penile
injury. Doesn't it fellows?
: : : As a fellow, I agree it's rather flaccid,
but how would I know?
: : Here in the NE part of the US of A I have always used
and heard that phrase in two different but related ways.
: : One way is to
use "bent" as a word to mean drunk or high as in "I was so bent last night I don't
remember a thing".
: : Another way "bent" is used is to castigate or criticize
someone who makes a dumb remark as in "Whadaya talkin' about, you're nuts, get
bent will ya".
: : Outta here!
: I always thought that "Get bent!" arose
from the earlier phrase "Don't get all bent outta shape, willya?". Whether either
phrase (or both) has anything to penile injury, I have no idea, but it's lamentable
how frequently the subject of genitals rears its ugly head.
Head? No pun intended,
right? :)
- Re: Bent out of shape R. Berg
10/18/02 (1)
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