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"That's the **** right there, dude"

 
 
SMickey
 
Reply Sun 8 Oct, 2017 09:39 pm
Hi.
I'm a S. Korean eager to learn English.
I watched the film, 'Hostel', full of useful, I believe, phrases worth learning.

Two guys are hanging out at a small cafe, and a guy comes over to them, saying

'Do you want to get stoned? This will wake you up. This is good Amsterdam ****.'

And one of the two American boys began smoking the weed and said,

"That's the **** right there, dude."

And the other American, who couldn't wait to try that, began smoking.

From the context, I figured the guy who said that meant the weed was so good.

Is it common to praise something, using '****' just like he did?
I wondered if the phrase 'the **** right there' is sort of an idiom or something.

Suppose, I am having dinner with my friend, after having some meat,
which was so delicious, can I say to my friend,

"That's the **** right there, dude. You should try that. You will like it."?

It doesn't make sense at all?

I feel like this is kinda silly, but I'd like to know what it means so bad.
I'd appreciate any comment from you.
 
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roger
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Reply Sun 8 Oct, 2017 10:05 pm
@SMickey,
That's funny! Usually, you can get a clue from context, but it won't help you here. In your topic question, 'That's the **** right there, dude' means that the marijuana they are smoking is really good. I cannot explain why it means that; it just does. **** is excrement, of course. Avoid using it for anything else because you could be seriously misunderstood.
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Suppose, I am having dinner with my friend, after having some meat,
which was so delicious, can I say to my friend,

"That's the **** right there, dude. You should try that. You will like it."?
NO! Absolutely not never, ever do you want to say something like that! You can make yourself perfectly understood without using that word.

In fact, even if you are talking about excrement, say excrement, not ****. It's pretty vulgar.
PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sun 8 Oct, 2017 10:08 pm
It means:

That's (the best stuff) right there, dude.

Common usage by hippy type American drug users.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 9 Oct, 2017 01:11 am
**** is one of those words that has loads of meanings comic Dave Allen looks at the various terms from 3.40 in this vid

[youtube]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41547502[/youtube]
SMickey
 
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Reply Mon 9 Oct, 2017 07:09 am
@roger,
The part you mentioned you couldn't explain why but it just means that is interesting. I wouldn't have worried about it much if I were an English native speaker. Haha. Thank you a lot Roger.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 9 Oct, 2017 08:26 am
@izzythepush,
Sorry, posted wrong link.

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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Mon 9 Oct, 2017 12:14 pm
From Revenge of the Nerds
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d46ddf6e-27da-46e1-8cca-f869fb1410fd
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