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Hi,
Can anybody let me know the exact meaning of the below sentences and their usage:
1. What kind of grass are you smoking?
2. What kind of water are you drinking?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ilango.
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welcome, Il.
exact meaning? no, but implied: the smoker/drinker has just done/said something that would make one think they were not in full and complete control of their mind.
(Their being the smoker/drinker, not the one. heh)
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They have no absolute meaning outside of their relationship context. They are questions directed at a person by a person in a particular social setting. The meaning of the sentences may change completely according to who says it to whom and where and when and why.
But, in a general sense, they would most often mean... what he said...
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on the chance that Ilango needs more basic info ...
In sentence 1, the "grass" is a slang term for marijuana.
In sentence 2, the "water" is implied to be alcohol.
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Thank you very much for the quick response.
In fact, I found this sentence in a heated dispute. Can I guess, after all these explanations, these sentences mean the other person cranky/stupid. Its a kind of insulting the person involved in a dispute, isnt it?
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these sorts of comments are often used sarcastically, as in: What have you been smoking? You make as much sense as a crack addict. but you can also find them used with a softer brush: A question, good sir: what have you been drinking, and where can I get some ?
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For future reference: on the main listings (opening) page, Q & A about words means Questions & Answers about words. Welcome to you!
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you could allus move it, Jackie.... 
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Thanks for the information. Will sure use the proper thread in future.
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Okey-dokey! :-)
eta--what am I gonna do with you, huh?
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Okey-dokey! :-)
eta--what am I gonna do with you, huh? You could move the thread. That'd show that upstart eta fellow.
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Yup, but then our newbie wouldn't know where to go looking for the question he asked and we might lose him. I like Jackie's way, seems gentler.
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Deleted due to ERROR.
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actually, he/she returned to the thread, twice.
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Oh, dumb! I only checked the first post. I'm going to use the quick deleter.
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Yup, but then our newbie wouldn't know where to go looking for the question he asked and we might lose him. I like Jackie's way, seems gentler. nah, moving it leaves a marker behind.
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Yeah, but it seems so ... rude, to just up and move somebody's else's thread. Goes against the grain.
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gets easier the more you do it.
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Is the grain related to the grass?
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Intimidly acquainted. Unless you mean the grain of a woven cloth or a grain of sand.
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Intimidly acquainted. Unless you mean the grain of a woven cloth or a grain of sand. Did you mean to make up a word, Bran? It could mean "in a not-shy way", or perhaps you meant "intimately"? What kind of grass were you smoking? LOLOLOL!!!
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I timidly admit that I meant intimately.
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I timidly admit that I meant intimately. Intimidly is a good word, though. fits with me and dating.... :¬ P
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Hmmmm.... does this mean you are an aggressive dater? Wanna prove it? Huh? Up to a REAL woman, etaoin??? LOLOLOLOL!!! ;0)
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Hmmmm.... does this mean you are an aggressive dater? Wanna prove it? Huh? Up to a REAL woman, etaoin??? LOLOLOLOL!!! ;0) actually, I was thinking just the opposite. and are you a REAL REAL woman?
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heh.
I was thinking intimidly = intimate + timid, as in timid about intimate things.
huh, hiding behind my chucks. I hadn't seen the picture that way, but I can see it now. maybe it's time for a new avatar...
it sounds, indeed, as if you are a REAL REAL woman! congratulations!
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TMI, y'all. It's sounding like this oughta go private anyway.
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Yup, but then our newbie wouldn't know where to go looking for the question he asked and we might lose him. I like Jackie's way, seems gentler. Please move the thread.
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It sounds to me like the thread has moved by itself, moved Waaay off topic.
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moved Waaay off topic
Threads are like language: they change.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Language is like grass: endless diversity.
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Language is like grass: endless diversity. and intoxicating
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Well--since the original post-er requested the move, I'll give it another shot. Wish me luck...
EDIT--hey, it worked. It's different this time, though: now there is an option for whether to leave a pointer or not, and it has a limit on how long the pointer will be there. I gave it the maximum, 31 days.
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She's got it, she's got it. By George, I think she's got it.
(to go with Jackie's music notes.)
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Bingo! That's something I know something about...  Can I be taken as an expert for saying something...:) I once came across a sentence like this and posted a similar question there. And I came to realize what it means by the help of all the guys here. In the context I referred to, it's a boss who said this to one of his best employee: No matter whatever you are smoking, find someone in the street and train them to achieve this as well. Here, I think, the boss de facto is very pleased or amazed at what the employee has done and there is a flavor of joking or intimacy.... So I think the sentence can also be used in a postive way, if the listener is close or inferior to you... Am I right? Just for your information, anyway.
Do inform me if you see any corrections needed in my written English. 
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It can be positive in the sense you pointed out. It can also be used in a positive or neutral sense to refer to someone being in a very good mood, especially in a bad situation.
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You did it!!!! Cheers! I played your new little tune on the piano
in celebration! e-e-d-e- , followed up by c-c-b-c.
(variations on a theme) Ha! natural opioids! (tsuwm)
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