creative use of "little"?

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> _little_ panel

This _little_ strikes me as being pretty much the same as the common
BE _little_. An example thereof can be heard in the song, "Fuck
You/Forget You," by Ce-Lo Green, where he refers to his ex's new man
as "your _little_ boyfriend." It expresses only the *speaker's*
negative feelings toward the spoken-of, without reference to any
aspect of the reality of that entity.

Terry O'Neill is pissed off at Darrel Issa. Ce-Lo is pissed off at his
ex-girlfriend. They have expressed their respective feelings. It's not
necessary for anyone else to feel that way, only that it should be
clear to others *why* the speaker feels that way. IMO, it's perfectly
clear, in both cases.

Of course, that's only the way that the colored see this kind of use
of _little.". So,

Youneverknow.

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