On 08/01/2014 10:48 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
For example, what would "sick" mean
to a motorhead?
You mean "motorhead" like in someone who likes cars or like in the the
heavy
metal band? :-P
(Non-native speakers probably associate motorhead with the band and
often don't
know the original meaning)
"motorhead" as in someone who is happy with his head under the hood of a
car working on the engine. (The band name is a reference to using
amphetamine.)
"sick" in this case would be a term of high praise for someone's custom
hot rod.
Great. Now imagine you are a motorhead in a hospital.
