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Old January 9th, 2004, 10:04 PM

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Default OT- What do you think the following expression means

This is just a little experiment to see what people think the following expression means.

It's roots are in canadian culture... So can the Canadians Hold back on answering it....


Here it is

Smoked Him

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"Jezz, Steve really smoked him eh."
"Man, did that guy ever get smoked eh."
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Old January 9th, 2004, 10:11 PM
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Default Re: OT- What do you think the following expression means

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This is just a little experiment to see what people think the following expression means.

It's roots are in canadian culture... So can the Canadians Hold back on answering it....
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Old January 9th, 2004, 10:42 PM

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I didn't think it was Canadian. I thought it came from Illeagal Street Racing, that would be to beat someone off the blocks so badly that they are left in the smoke left by your tires.
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I thought it came from the [US] Army, meaning an individual was about to receive disciplinary exercises. Very rough and unpleasant, trust me I was smoked more than once during basic Training and I still have the scars on my hands from the gravel pit where the �smoking� took place.
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Old January 9th, 2004, 11:21 PM
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Where I grew up it was short for "leaving someone behind in your smoke (like exhaust)". Another way of saying you beat them badly in a competition....Greybeard
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Old January 10th, 2004, 12:14 AM
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Where I grew up it was short for "leaving someone behind in your smoke (like exhaust)". Another way of saying you beat them badly in a competition....Greybeard
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I didn't think it was Canadian. I thought it came from Illeagal Street Racing, that would be to beat someone off the blocks so badly that they are left in the smoke left by your tires.
That has been my experience as well. I am certain that it is not just Canadian in origin.
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Default Re: OT- What do you think the following expression means

The word 'smoke' can carry all of the same connotations as 'hot' by association with fire. So smokin' can be used of anything from high speed (leaving someone else in your dust, as others have said) to sexiness (surely everyone here has heard of the 'smoky' gaze?) to just plain 'excellence' at whatever is being described. A sports team can 'smoke' the opposition, but the mere fact that they are performing very well can be expressed as "they are smokin' today" -- i.e. "hot" by the association of smoke and flame/heat.
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Old January 10th, 2004, 12:25 AM

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Canadian, sure, but are the carniverous cannibalistic Canadians? Might mean something else then...
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....... canadian culture...
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