Usually used in a Derogatory nature what ever word follows now means the opposite of what it meant before. Can also be pronounced “bout”
Your “about smart” = You’re an idiot
Yeah that was “about smart” = that was a stupid thing to do.
He's "bout ugly" = he's good looking
Yeah that was “about smart” = that was a stupid thing to do.
He's "bout ugly" = he's good looking
by Tattooed Frog May 23, 2006
A phrase used by North Carolinians describing something they don't like or don't want to do. Synonym for no.
Im not about Duke. I like Carolina.
OR
Sarah: Do you wanna go to Bojangles?
James: I'm not about that today
OR
Sarah: Do you wanna go to Bojangles?
James: I'm not about that today
by Hotshot2231 August 16, 2017
All around; on every side
The construction not about to is often used to express determination: We are not about to negotiate with terrorists. A majority of the Usage Panel considers this usage acceptable in speech but not in formal writing. ·About is traditionally used to refer to the relation between a narrative and its subject: a book about Cézanne; a movie about the Boston Massacre. This use has lately been extended to refer to the relation between various nonlinguistic entities and the things they make manifest, as in The party was mostly about showing off their new offices or His designs are about the use of rough-textured materials. This practice probably originates with the expression That's what it's all about, but it remains controversial. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejected this use in the example A designer teapot isn't about making tea; it is about letting people know that you have a hundred dollars to spend on a teapot.
The construction not about to is often used to express determination: We are not about to negotiate with terrorists. A majority of the Usage Panel considers this usage acceptable in speech but not in formal writing. ·About is traditionally used to refer to the relation between a narrative and its subject: a book about Cézanne; a movie about the Boston Massacre. This use has lately been extended to refer to the relation between various nonlinguistic entities and the things they make manifest, as in The party was mostly about showing off their new offices or His designs are about the use of rough-textured materials. This practice probably originates with the expression That's what it's all about, but it remains controversial. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejected this use in the example A designer teapot isn't about making tea; it is about letting people know that you have a hundred dollars to spend on a teapot.
by blii February 21, 2003
..then you will see..
by Krkič May 29, 2019
'I will order the pizza about 12 o clock'
meaning the pizza will be ordered somewhere between 11:55 and 11:59
meaning the pizza will be ordered somewhere between 11:55 and 11:59
by T-Money February 27, 2008
about to be counts for girls clothing, horseshoes and handgrenades not to be confused with the word "almost"
by Darteous November 24, 2010
by Garrett Stephenson March 30, 2005