(usually with "the", AAVE) A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
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(usually with "the", AAVE) A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
"dozens" means: A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"dozens" means: A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (AAVE) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"dozens" means: A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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(AAVE) A version of the dozens in which the insults are explicitly obscene and often sexual.
(idiomatic, especially, Australia, NZ) Ten, a group of ten.
(AAVE, slang) peace; goodbye (because of the associated gesture holding up two fingers).
(informal, chiefly, US, dialectical) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
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“Russian forces killed two Ukrainian rescuers and wounded dozens more in a deliberate repeated strike on emergency workers responding to an initial attack on a gas production facility in Poltava Oblast overnight, regional authorities and Ukraine’s Interior Ministry reported.”
“21 people killed and dozens injured in massive explosion at fireworks plant in China”
“1/3 russians struck energy sites in Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv, killing 5 (including 2 rescuers) and injuring dozens. Thousands left without power.”
“Macron says Armenia has chosen path 'toward Europe,' shifting away from Russia Dozens of European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, were in Yerevan this week for a European Political Community summit and a joint Armenian-EU summit.”
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(slang, AAVE) To verbally or physically abuse (someone).