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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread the way I roll #160877 07/07/2006 3:12 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA ...meaning "as I see it...", yielding nearly 30,000 hits. Yet we don't find it in the usu slang/phrase dictionaries, and I had never heard it Of course I don't get around much. However, is it your opinion that can I conclude that the expr is nonetheless pretty well established Last edited by dalehileman; 07/07/2006 11:20 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160878 07/07/2006 10:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Must be I don't go around in the right circles, but I can't say that I've ever heard it in the wild. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160879 07/09/2006 1:40 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Never heard this expression either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160880 07/09/2006 11:55 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yo, Dale When you publish this project of yours, how do you intend to split up the royalties? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160881 07/09/2006 1:03 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park re: is it your opinion that can I conclude how can my opinion lead you to conclude anything? my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160882 07/09/2006 2:02 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Anna: AWAD participants will get a very substantial honorable mention Helen: Good one dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the way I roll #160883 07/09/2006 4:25 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Surely it would usually mean "the way I do things" rather than "as I see it...", though I can see someone saying - "I don't agree with him, but that's just the way I roll". Doesn't really sound like it qualifies as a very set expression to me which would explain its omission from any slang dict., but it is rather just a popular slang word's meaning (to roll) in a specific use. These usages are always very flexible and quickly changing and therefore often defy textbook definitions. See words like 'grill' (e.g. 'You're all in my grill'), and stack (e.g. 'I stack like that'). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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