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Hi, there Can you use "roast" meaning "make fun of" outside an Internet context? Or is it restricted to online discussions like the verb "troll"? For example, would it sound odd to use "roast" in these two sentences? "Their rival football fans roasted them all week about their latest loss” “His friends really roasted him about his new haircut" Thank you!
25 мая 2021 г., 18:46
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It sounds OK to me, but I also agree with Rosco's suggestions.
25 мая 2021 г.
My impression of the term "roast" is that it describes an extensive series of insults and criticisms aimed at a single person (either seriously or as a joke). If you say that someone's friends "roasted him" about his new haircut, I imagine that all of his friends gathered around and made fun of the haircut to amuse each other, for at least several minutes. A "roast" primarily refers to a type of comedy routine in which a comedian comes up with many different ways to make fun of someone -- there's a Wikipedia page about it here, which I think will help you understand the other meanings as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roast_(comedy) I usually think of "roasting" someone as being a bit like a comedy roast. The person is subjected to an extended series of jokes or insults, rather than just being teased or laughed at in a casual way.
26 мая 2021 г.
Take it to the urban dictionary, bro! https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Roast Www.urbandictionary.com Great place for definitions of slang, as defined by those who use it! Felicidades!
27 мая 2021 г.
I see the second sentence as very typical among friends. Roasting each other. The first sentence is maybe a little less common. Roast as in “make fun of” is typically casual / informal.
25 мая 2021 г.
It seems odd, or unusual. I'd say for rival football fans "I laughed at, or mocked, or teased" You''d tease someone about their haircut, or make fun of.
25 мая 2021 г.
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