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 28, 2006
Get the aboutmug. 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 15, 2017
Get the not about thatmug. 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 20, 2003
Get the aboutmug. ..then you will see..
by Krkič May 29, 2019
Get the aboutmug. '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
Get the aboutmug. about to be counts for girls clothing, horseshoes and handgrenades not to be confused with the word "almost"
by Darteous November 26, 2010
Get the about to bemug. by Garrett Stephenson March 30, 2005
Get the aboutmug.