核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a private sexual act that British and Irish speakers treat as the rudest small thing they can name — something done alone, that produces nothing and goes nowhere. Every other use on this page reaches for that second half. Point it at a song, a film or an argument and you are saying: this went nowhere, it produced nothing, it was only the person enjoying themselves. The word is vulgar in every one of its uses, and that weight is part of what it means.

這個字可以想成一個畫面:一件很私密的性方面的動作,在英式英文裡被當成最粗俗的小事之一。一個人做,做完什麼也沒產出,哪更多收起這個字可以想成一個畫面:一件很私密的性方面的動作,在英式英文裡被當成最粗俗的小事之一。一個人做,做完什麼也沒產出,哪裡也沒去到。這一頁上其他用法,抓住的都是後半段。把這個字丟向一首歌、一部電影、一場爭論,等於在說:這件事沒產出任何東西,只是當事人自己爽而已。它在每一個用法裡都很粗俗,而那個分量本身也是意思的一部分。

Three branches

原本的性方面用法

這一組就是核心畫面本身,動詞講動作,名詞講其中一次。

verb · C1

To masturbate — to touch your own sexual organs for pleasure.

自慰(粗俗)

拿來說某樣東西或某個人一文不值

核心畫面裡「什麼也沒產出、只是自己爽」那一半被借走,用來評價東西和人。所以這不是描述,是判決。

noun · C1

Something you think is stupid, useless, or very bad — nonsense or rubbish.

廢物/廢話

網路同好圈的口水戰

還是同一半畫面:繞圈子、沒有結論、重點在自己表演。只是這次落在一整群人身上,變成社群裡的風波。

noun · C1

A long, showy argument on the internet about something small or self-important, or the drama that argument causes inside a fan community.

網路上的口水戰