Wrong and Holla

[James Smith]

"This is wrong", "...so wrong", and "...sick and
wrong" -  common expressions of frustration, disgust,
unfairness, etc. in these parts.

--- Benjamin Barrett <bjb5 at U.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote:
> This quarter, a student has used wrong and holla in
> interesting ways.
>
> He uses wrong as a predicate to mean unfair. "This
> is wrong," he proclaims,
> meaning the way a paper was graded was wrong.
>
> Also, he used holla to mean to spread one's arms out
> in a rapper-like
> movement.
>
> I haven't checked around for wrong, but holla
> doesn't seem to be recorded in
> dictionaries.
>
> Benjamin Barrett


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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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