Rafaela
slang: go off / collect your man / colorist ? 1- go off I saw a news about a woman that divorced with her husband (they've been together for 22) after he voted for Trump. then someone quoted that tweet saying: ''Go awf sis'' (I searched 'awf' and I've found out it means ''off''). But my point is, what did he mean? the person who quoted the tweet is in favour of it or disapproves the attitude of the wife? 2- collect your man I've seen this a lot on twitter and always along with a picture of a handsome kpop boy. example: ''Xiumin stans, collect your man'' , ''EXO stans collect your men''...what does it mean?? 3-colorist Someone draw a famous artist and coloured his face black (just like a kid's draw, stick figure, not much detail nor effort) but the artist isn't actually a black person! he's not white but not black either, and the person who drew received a lot of critics and people called her ''colorist''. I'm trying to understand this... *Please correct me if there are any grammar mistakes *Focus on the Eng, not politics thanks*22 years old
Feb 9, 2017 10:03 PM
Answers · 3
1. Go off/ go awf is usually encouragement like "Good for you!" In this case, the person who said "go awf" supports the woman's decision to leave her husband. 2. This one is kind of hard to explain-- "Collect your man" is used to mean "make him stop!" Like "come pick him up, i don't want him here" but in a joking way. Some English speakers may seem offended when a celebrity they like (in this case EXO's Xiumin) does a really cool or sexy performance -- they like the performance but they say they want it to stop because it makes them so happy their heart hurts. 3. Colorism is mocking/ making fun of people based on their skin tone-- it is different from racism because it's usually insulting someone of the same race. For example, someone might edit the skin tone of a celebrity to look paler than they are. This is colorist because it tells the viewer: "This celebrity is not pretty/ handsome unless they have pale skin" which is not true, many dark skinned celebrities are very pretty/handsome. I hope this is helpful! If you have more questions, let me know :)
February 9, 2017
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