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(Major awesome points to whoever can correctly identify the
movie quote in my blog title. Comment if you know it)
“I can’t believe she blew me off like that!”
A quote from a recent conversation I had with some friends
over curry. They reacted to my words with inappropriate giggling. I didn’t get
why. I was quite upset that my best gal pal elected to not go to a movie with
me and used a lame excuse days later. I didn’t comprehend what was laughable
about my situation. Then someone finally asked what “blow me off” meant.
I stared at them blankly. Of course “blow off” means to have
someone cancel or ignore you. In my case a friend ignored plans to go to a
movie. It is a phrase I frequently say.
Understandable stuff, right? Wrong! The reason my mature,
fully grown adult, friends were giggling like teenage boys was because in
England, “blow off” means to perform a blow job or oral sex. Naturally, they
were confused and amused that I might say my girl friend blew me off. Cue my
cheeks turning bright red and me sputtering out the American definition.
American definition
Blow off: To ignore someone or something or to cancel on
plans in a abrupt/rude manner
British definition (according to my friends)
Blow off: To perform oral sex on a male
British definition (according to Urban dictionary, this is
the fifth most common definition of the phrase, so it isn’t widely used)
Blow off: To fart or pass gas
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