creative use of "little"?

[Victor Steinbok]

Got it. It's the Wizard of Oz "little". "And your mangy little dog
too"--it's just coincidental that the dog was literally little.

     VS-)

On 2/18/2012 10:11 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> -Wilson

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