#Lame meaning in text Pc#

Between friends, it is a mild way to call a friend a 'dunce', or let him know you disagree with him in a lightly judgemental way. Mental retardation literally means 'mentally slow'. On the other hand if the second sentence was 'And I seriously think you're a piss weak individual!!' and was spoken in anger, you probably would damage your friendship a bit. In that case you could say 'You are so lame! We'll play again next week.' Following with the latter sentence means that you're not really that disappointed, and he's not meant to take this mild insult too seriously. Say for example, a friend says 'I hurt my knee I can't play basketball today'. Depending on intonation, it can be very mild or actually quite serious. 'You are so lame!' is an expression you use to denote mild disappointment in a collegue. A lamer is a 'downer' or somebody who bums people out, or makes them feel dejected or disappointed. 'Lame' is generally 'something disappointing'.

#Lame meaning in text Pc#

While calling something 'lame' might be considered to be making light of physical handicaps, it doesn't have the same negative PC connotations that 'retard' does. His friends say, 'That was the best pick-up line you could think of? That was so lame!' Or someone makes a poor excuse for failure. Like, a man tries to ask a woman on a date and uses some cliche pick-up line. We often say 'That was so lame', referring to the action, rather than the person. 'You are so lame' means that the person has said or done something inappropriate or awkward. If you told this same friend, 'You are incredibly stupid', would he get mad or would he laugh? It would be in the same category.ДЄssuming that such an insult would be taken as a joke or a minor insult - or that you want to insult your associate - you might use such a phrase when the person has done something dumb or foolish. Depending on your relationship with your friends, this may be considered an inappropriate thing to say, or it might fall into the category of good-natured banter. In some circles people might criticize you for using this phrase. This is generally considered not politically correct these days, as it makes light of mental illness. When used outside a clinical setting, it means 'You are stupid'. Either way, it is a short way of saying 'mentally retarded', that is, suffering from a mental illness that results in abnormally low intelligence. The phrase is, 'You are so retarded' - the sentence calls for an adjective - or 'You are a retard'.