Nope, it's just another way of saying enthusiastically delightful. But saying 'sweet' is shorter and sweeter than saying 'enthusiastically delightful'. ;)
That's like saying "this great big sperm whale is enthusiastically delightfull"
Fire is awesome and elemental. It is not sweet.
Winning a bet is sweet (especially if it's against someone you dislike). Finding money in an old pair of trousers is sweet. Being given a tesla roadster for the weekend is sweet.
Sweetness has orders of magnitude just like any other attribute. But I notice you prefer to use sweet solely in the context of human activities and not in to refer to naturally occurring phenomenon like sperm whales and fire. But all my kids, ages 8 to 23, and many of the young people I have encountered in America use 'sweet' in this broader context.
You misunderstand me. A bunny rabbit is sweet. A tiger may pounce in a "sweet" way (meaning perfectly). But surely there are limits to this usage and sperm whales and fire should be the limits. You can't have a sweet little fire, it'll burn ya.
"What did you do to that little girl?"
"I burned her."
"You burned her. What do you do to old ladies, Ronald?"
"Burn them."
"And what about the world, Ronald? What would you like to do with the whole world?"
"Burn it all."
Once, I picked up a barbecue-lighting thing and moved it further away from Ryan. Unfortunately, I moved it closer to his brother, so nothing was accomplished.
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I love fires. I have open fires throughout my house and a log burner.
But what are you on? Fire is not sweet. Even if it is awesome.
nic, are you at all familiar with the American colloquialism "sweet"? Or are you just putting us on?
I am familiar with it. Surely using it in this context must be considered egregious, even by an American? /8->
Nope, it's just another way of saying enthusiastically delightful. But saying 'sweet' is shorter and sweeter than saying 'enthusiastically delightful'. ;)
That's like saying "this great big sperm whale is enthusiastically delightfull"
Fire is awesome and elemental. It is not sweet.
Winning a bet is sweet (especially if it's against someone you dislike). Finding money in an old pair of trousers is sweet. Being given a tesla roadster for the weekend is sweet.
But fire?
Sweetness has orders of magnitude just like any other attribute. But I notice you prefer to use sweet solely in the context of human activities and not in to refer to naturally occurring phenomenon like sperm whales and fire. But all my kids, ages 8 to 23, and many of the young people I have encountered in America use 'sweet' in this broader context.
You misunderstand me. A bunny rabbit is sweet. A tiger may pounce in a "sweet" way (meaning perfectly). But surely there are limits to this usage and sperm whales and fire should be the limits. You can't have a sweet little fire, it'll burn ya.
Dude, fire isn't just sweet, I would go so far as to say it's, like, super-sweet.
nic, maybe you can't have a sweet fire. But I can have a sweet-ass fire. My peeps got my back on this one.
I'm a little afraid of fire... :(
"What did you do to that little girl?"
"I burned her."
"You burned her. What do you do to old ladies, Ronald?"
"Burn them."
"And what about the world, Ronald? What would you like to do with the whole world?"
"Burn it all."
Once, I picked up a barbecue-lighting thing and moved it further away from Ryan. Unfortunately, I moved it closer to his brother, so nothing was accomplished.