NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoAmy Jo Johnson shades 'Power Rangers' costar Austin St. John for selling t-shirts with Hitler quotesew.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down119
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkAmy Jo Johnson shades 'Power Rangers' costar Austin St. John for selling t-shirts with Hitler quotesew.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoWell slamming means closing a door so it also means protects. It is, unfortunately, a property of the English language that every word means everything.
minus-squareotplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·8 months agoSlamming means closing something hard. It has an exclusively negative connotation unless you’re talking about sex, I guess.
minus-squareotplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoGood point! Not protecting, but definitely a positive connotation.
Well slamming means closing a door so it also means protects.
It is, unfortunately, a property of the English language that every word means everything.
Slamming means closing something hard. It has an exclusively negative connotation unless you’re talking about sex, I guess.
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Good point! Not protecting, but definitely a positive connotation.