To switch stations simply means to go from one language to next during your interaction with another speaker who may also be bi or multilingual. People "switch stations" to add a bit of context on the subject matter or topic they're talking about so that the listener can fully comprehend the speaker. The speaker also does this as a way to relate to their listener(s) and make them feel connected. The phrase/term originally derived from the multitude of radio and TV stations, in South Africa, that are being broadcasted in different tongues/languages for specific listeners/viewers to read. So if you change from one station to the next, you would hear the new speaker on your telly or radio speak in a different tongue than the predecessor from the other station.
Speaker #1: Sawubona bhuti. Igama lami nguSphiwe and what is your name?
Speaker #2: Yebo, sawubona Sphiwe. I'm Trevor.
Speaker #1: Oh, okay. Ngiyajabula ukukwazi Trevor.
Speaker #2: 😅 Yebo. Nice to meet you too, Sphiwe.
(Example of two speakers switching stations between each other)
Speaker #2: Yebo, sawubona Sphiwe. I'm Trevor.
Speaker #1: Oh, okay. Ngiyajabula ukukwazi Trevor.
Speaker #2: 😅 Yebo. Nice to meet you too, Sphiwe.
(Example of two speakers switching stations between each other)
by SippySip June 29, 2020
Get the Switching stationsmug. an anchor station is similar to an anchor channel. However, instead of using a TV station as an anchor, you use a radio station as an anchor. You'll listen to one radio station until your favorite show is on or you find something better.
Ex 1: When you're cruising the airwaves, because your favorite station is playing the third set of commercials in the past ten minutes, you may find another station to listen to for your listening pleasure. That station you find is the anchor station.
Ex 2:
Listener 1: Man, these commercials are annoying, and the "Friday Night Mixtape with LMFAO in the Mix" doesn't start until 9 pm!
Listener 2: There's a station on 97.5 that plays LMFAO-style music all the time! Let's use that as the anchor station until this station starts broadcasting the mix show.
Ex 2:
Listener 1: Man, these commercials are annoying, and the "Friday Night Mixtape with LMFAO in the Mix" doesn't start until 9 pm!
Listener 2: There's a station on 97.5 that plays LMFAO-style music all the time! Let's use that as the anchor station until this station starts broadcasting the mix show.
by Dexlab103 November 14, 2013
Get the Anchor stationmug. A forging station creating ornate swords.
Your emotions are the fire - they create the weapons you will use on your journey.
The cool thing about that is that emotions don’t have to be right or wrong or “make sense”. You get to play with them and feel them. When someone really offends or hurts you, you have the power to not hold anything against them by turning the attention towards yourself.
You are significant so your emotions are interesting. There’s so much to explore there. You get to hold space for yourself. See what kinds of fire burn in you. The stronger the fire, the more powerful. Handle cautiously.
Even when a friend makes your feelings about condemning your offender, realize the time and space is being taken away from you.
It’s all about you. Accommodate for what is going on inside you. Give it all the attention it needs, and then some.
No need to turn your attention to the other person. It’s all about you.
Your emotions are the fire - they create the weapons you will use on your journey.
The cool thing about that is that emotions don’t have to be right or wrong or “make sense”. You get to play with them and feel them. When someone really offends or hurts you, you have the power to not hold anything against them by turning the attention towards yourself.
You are significant so your emotions are interesting. There’s so much to explore there. You get to hold space for yourself. See what kinds of fire burn in you. The stronger the fire, the more powerful. Handle cautiously.
Even when a friend makes your feelings about condemning your offender, realize the time and space is being taken away from you.
It’s all about you. Accommodate for what is going on inside you. Give it all the attention it needs, and then some.
No need to turn your attention to the other person. It’s all about you.
Example 1 - on Dec 27, those emotions came from another realm. They do not belong to this world. You can tell just by the magnitude of their power. They forged your capacity to see the Central Dogma of Self Esteem : You are enough just because you exist. The Passion Forging Station is on the move!
Example 2 - Anger points to what I value. I get angry every time someone looks at a vulnerable situation I am in and goes “ohhhh Stephanie! That muse be sooooo hard!” Or they talk about it to their friends with maudlin sympathy for me! How dare they! Tell me what my experience means to me!
This shows I value courage. That in each of these moments, to me, it is not a moment of pity, but a moment I prove, once again, I embody COURAGE. And I want others to know - they will respect that!
Example 2 - Anger points to what I value. I get angry every time someone looks at a vulnerable situation I am in and goes “ohhhh Stephanie! That muse be sooooo hard!” Or they talk about it to their friends with maudlin sympathy for me! How dare they! Tell me what my experience means to me!
This shows I value courage. That in each of these moments, to me, it is not a moment of pity, but a moment I prove, once again, I embody COURAGE. And I want others to know - they will respect that!
by Steph-Steph December 28, 2022
Get the Passion Forging Stationmug. That one kid who hates maths so needs to piss every 4 seconds and if miss / sir sais no they piss up the walls.
by shower in stella June 29, 2021
Get the Urination stationmug. A firearm that isn't the best in quality, basically something you can buy at a fucking gas station just like it's gas station sushi; usually found in the sub $200 - $350 range and they have known issues but are not limited to:
Light primer strikes
Iron sights falling off
Firing when dropped
Failure to feed
Failure to extract
Light primer strikes
Iron sights falling off
Firing when dropped
Failure to feed
Failure to extract
Customer: Yo dawg you got that new Taurus G3 in the foudy caliber?
Gun shop employee: Yeah man they're really good for what they are, the best quality gas station guns that you can potentially buy.
Gun shop employee: Yeah man they're really good for what they are, the best quality gas station guns that you can potentially buy.
by Cokeman234 August 5, 2021
Get the gas station gunmug. "That Gas Station Pocket Knife started a shove match with a waiter for getting his girlfriend's order wrong, but he started crying after the waiter threw a punch."
by RalphTheWanderer October 6, 2022
Get the Gas Station Pocket Knifemug. Going with a group of friends to a gas station (or convenience store) and purchasing each other 1 drink, 1 snack (usually chips), and 1 dessert discreetly. Then, you all come together as a group and try your snack combination and typically rate it out of 10.
by thedepressedjester April 12, 2022
Get the gas station roulettemug.