Ate
Ate by axelgust30 March 25, 2023
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verb. past, pluperfect, and future perfect version of the word eat
To encounter an event, obstacle, or objective which is so trivial in comparison to the subject-actor's ability that the subject easily overcomes, ignores, achieves, or obtains in excess the event/obstacle/objective.
Metaphorically framing an event/obstacle/objective as similar to the relatively common act of eating food, to elevate the esteem/reputation of the subject-actor by implying that the event/obstacle/objective is easy, unremarkable, or ineffective compared to some trait or skill that the subject-actor's has.
See also, sibling terms "eating" and "I eat those"
To encounter an event, obstacle, or objective which is so trivial in comparison to the subject-actor's ability that the subject easily overcomes, ignores, achieves, or obtains in excess the event/obstacle/objective.
Metaphorically framing an event/obstacle/objective as similar to the relatively common act of eating food, to elevate the esteem/reputation of the subject-actor by implying that the event/obstacle/objective is easy, unremarkable, or ineffective compared to some trait or skill that the subject-actor's has.
See also, sibling terms "eating" and "I eat those"
A: Did you see my runtime just now?
B: Yea you ate, you went off.
C: You made it look easy! Butttt, I heard they're adding extra hurdles to the 500m race.
A: Pft, so what? I eat those. You'll see, after the tournament we'll be eating good, we'll be scooping up gold medal after gold medal.
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E: Me and F had a fight behind the school yesterday.
F: Damn, what? His punches hard! what you do, you don't even look scratched
E: I was in the wrong so I just stood there and ate his punches until he tired himself out.
B: Yea you ate, you went off.
C: You made it look easy! Butttt, I heard they're adding extra hurdles to the 500m race.
A: Pft, so what? I eat those. You'll see, after the tournament we'll be eating good, we'll be scooping up gold medal after gold medal.
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E: Me and F had a fight behind the school yesterday.
F: Damn, what? His punches hard! what you do, you don't even look scratched
E: I was in the wrong so I just stood there and ate his punches until he tired himself out.
Ate
To either
A. Consume food
B. To be so amazingly scrumptious at something that everyone likes you and they think you did a good job.
A. Consume food
B. To be so amazingly scrumptious at something that everyone likes you and they think you did a good job.
Ate by Xeni_isbetter January 29, 2024