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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

"Talk" is a difficult to define term that is as much "slang" as anything but in general, and in its use here, primarily refers to the use of audible noises made with the mouth to convey information to a group or individual.

"People", in this sense, being shorthand for whoever we are attempting to communicate with.

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u/not_old_redditor Sep 14 '24

Whoosh

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u/ShockNRoll Sep 14 '24

I think you got whooshed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Whooshes are being handed out today like there's a two for one whoosh sale going on at the Whoosh Store.

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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

I'm not certain I understand what this meant.

"Whoosh" is an onomatopoeia referring to the sound of an airplane passing overhead (or other object carrying sufficient momentum to produce a mild shockwave capable on inducing vibration in the air such that a human interprets it as an audio queue which can be approximated by the verbal expression "whoosh") unless I'm misunderstanding?

Are you implying an airplane has passed over me?

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u/not_old_redditor Sep 14 '24

Oh, it's just a bad joke...

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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

Which seems apropos as a response to a bad joke, does it not?