Paper bag ugly?
Richard Fontana
>
> Hi, Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
> Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
>
> I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey, but you're paper bag
> ugly"...
Althouth I'm not sure I've encountered this expression before, the
meaning is obvious: "paper bag ugly" means "so ugly that you should cover
your head with a paper bag (so that no one has to see your face)". In
other words, it's a silly and juvenile way of saying "very ugly". Note
that some kinds of paper bags are about the right size to wear over one's
head.
RF
Ephraim Gadsby
A variant of this "a three paperbag job".
One for her, one for yourself (in case hers falls off),
and one for the dog, so he still respects you in the morning.
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:02:54 GMT, psan...@hanmail.net wrote:
>
>Hi, Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
>Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
>
>I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey, but you're paper bag
>ugly"...
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Sankyun
psan...@hanmail.net
Alex Chernavsky
>I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey,
>but you're paper bag ugly"...
It means, roughly, "You're so ugly that if someone were to have sexual
intercourse with you, they would need to place a bag over your head to cover
your hideous face".
Needless to say, this is a very crude way to express the thought that
someone is physically unattractive.
--
Alex Chernavsky
al...@astrocyte-design.com
psan...@hanmail.net
Hi, Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey, but you're paper bag
ugly"...
2.
A: Of course, he did it. Don't you know? He is a thief.
She felt as if she'd been sucker-punched.
a: I heard "Don't you know" is a kind of idim and it is used to
emphasize the setence. What sentence is emphasized by it?
He is a thief?
If so, could it be replaced as "He is a real thief"? or "You must
know he is a thief"?
b.. What does "sucker-punched" mean?
What does "Sucker" mean here?
Thanks in advance.
Sankyun
Alex Chernavsky
>What does "sucker-punched" mean?
The definition is in the online version of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
Main Entry: sucker punch
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1964
: to punch (a person) suddenly without warning and often without apparent
provocation
- sucker punch noun
--
Alex Chernavsky
al...@astrocyte-design.com
John Lupton
>
>Hi, Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
>Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
>
>I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey, but you're paper bag
>ugly"...
It means "you are so ugly that you should put a paper bag over your head to
hide your face from view and spare the rest of us the displeasure of having to
see it."
>2.
>A: Of course, he did it. Don't you know? He is a thief.
>She felt as if she'd been sucker-punched.
Generally, to "sucker punch" someone is to punch them while they are
unprepared, looking the other way, or otherwise unprepared for the blow. More
specifically, I think it means to actively distract the person's attention
(i.e., "sucker" him) for the purpose of making him more vulnerable to the
surprise punch.
>a: I heard "Don't you know" is a kind of idim and it is used to
>emphasize the setence. What sentence is emphasized by it?
"Don't you know" is used often at the end of a sentence in the same sense as
one might say "don't you agree?" - "We're in for a long spell of dry weather,
don't you know?" ("I think you will agree with me that we will have
dry weather for the forseeable future")..."He's the best quarterback in the
league, don't you know?" ("You agree that there is not a better
quarterback in the league, do you not?")...etc, etc.
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Mark Barratt
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>A variant of this "a three paperbag job".
>
>One for her, one for yourself (in case hers falls off),
>and one for the dog, so he still respects you in the morning.
I heard that an ugly woman could be classified as a one-bagger,
a two-bagger, or a gnasher - The definition of the last runs:
"when you wake up in the morning and she's asleep on your arm,
you gnaw your own arm off to get away."
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Alex Chernavsky
>The definition of [gnasher] runs: "when you wake
>up in the morning and she's asleep on your arm,
>you gnaw your own arm off to get away."
I've never heard "gnasher", but I've heard it described as a "coyote fuck"
(a coyote will supposedly chew off its own limb if the limb gets caught in a
trap).
Then there's the *double* coyote fuck -- after you get away, you chew off
your other arm to make sure that it doesn't happen again (or, because you
know she's going to be looking for a one-armed man).
--
Alex Chernavsky
al...@astrocyte-design.com
Ron Knight
|
|Hi, Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
|Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
|
|I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey, but you're paper bag
|ugly"...
|
|
I've heard of the paper bag for uglyness only in sexual contexts,
as in "I would have sex with her only if you put a paper bag
over her head." The meaning of the more general phrase you
have quoted is "You're so ugly you have to put a paper bag over
your head before your presence can be tolerated."
Then of course there is the paper-bag scale of ugliness, which
I have forgotten all the details of, something like:
She's a two-bagger: To have sex with her you would not only
put a bag over her head, but put one over your own as well,
in case the bag on her head fell off.
He's a three-bagger (oh, let's be inclusive): To have sex with
him you would not only put a bag over his head and a bag over
your own but also one over the room light in case it accidentally
came on.
She's a four-bagger: Not only a bag on him, her, and the light,
but also the dog, in case the other three bags come off, so the
dog won't attack.
I don't remember any past that.
Take it easy,
--
Ron Knight (r...@med.unc.edu)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I can't speak for UNC-CH, and UNC-CH can't speak for me.
It's better for both of us.
N.Mitchum
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> Can anyone explain the meaning of "Paper bag ugly"?
> Why is it "Being Ugly" have to do with "Paper bag"?
So ugly that she ought to wear a bag over her head.
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> A: Of course, he did it. Don't you know? He is a thief.
> She felt as if she'd been sucker-punched.
>
> a: I heard "Don't you know" is a kind of idim and it is used to
> emphasize the setence. What sentence is emphasized by it?
> He is a thief?
> If so, could it be replaced as "He is a real thief"? or "You must
> know he is a thief"?
>......
Because it's set as an independent sentence, you should probably
read it literally, as a real question and not just a tag question.
It refers to "He is a thief," and is asking, almost rhetorically,
whether the listener knows this.
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> b.. What does "sucker-punched" mean?
>.....
It surprised her, took her unawares. To "sucker punch" is to hit
someone when they're not expecting it, from a direction they're
not looking. The revelation that he was a thief was a complete
surprise; she felt as if she'd been hit by a bolt from the blue.
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Garry J. Vass
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> Sankyun wrote, in part:
>
> >I came across a sentence as "Your sis is prettey,
> >but you're paper bag ugly"...
>
cover
> your hideous face".
>
> Needless to say, this is a very crude way to express the thought that
> someone is physically unattractive.
>
I've recently encountered a 1 - 3 bag graduated scale on the paper bag
theme. 1 bag = normal; 2 bags = one for you in case hers slips off; and 3
bags = one for your dog so it will still respect you in the morning.
No doubt the scale will evolve to 10 bags and appear as a canonical list on
Jay Leno someday...
David Taylor
before you'd consider making lover to her/him, you'd need to put a paper bag
over your head as you can't bear to look at them.
In these 'ere parts, someone who is even uglier, is referred to in slang as
a "double bagger" - someone who is so ugly that not only do you take the
precaution of putting a bag over your own head, you also put one over
her/his head too in case your's falls off.
Not very nice, but you did ask!
David.
OldContemptible
perhaps during) the act: a sick bag
Cheers
Paul
John O'Flaherty
Letterman does that, I think. Anyway, a litany along the lines of the Twelve
Days of Christmas might fit better.
john