Represent = do reasonably well?

[Margaret Lee]

'Represent' means to perform exceptionally well, superbly, so that those you "represent" will be proud. This term was discussed here a few years ago.

--Margaret Lee


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> From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
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>My interpretation of this kind of "representing" has long been rather
>like showing off or "strutting your stuff."
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>JL
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>On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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>> We just disagree on what constitutes boasting then :) BB
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>> > On 15 Jan 2014, at 15:00, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> > How can he be boasting if he hasn't actually made the play yet??
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>> > I can expect to be proud of what I will do; I cannot boast about it
>> before
>> > I have done it.
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>> > DanG
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>> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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>> >> His text sounded like a boast of skill not merely a statement that his
>> >> manner of play would be prideful. BB
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>> >> Sent from my iPhone
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>> >>> On 15 Jan 2014, at 13:59, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> >>> Is there no pride in the game of go?
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>> >>> DanG
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>> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett <
>> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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>> >>>>> On Jan 15, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
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>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Benjamin Barrett <
>> >> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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>> >>>>>> see if I don't represent, bitch
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>> >>>>> I would say, "carry myself proudly (and, often, loudly)".
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>> >>>> For a game of go, what does that mean? Does it include being cremated
>> as
>> >>>> long as you are proud while doing it? BB
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