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Definition
Vietnamese
Cách nói nửa đùa khi chê ai đó ngốc — 'hơi bị' thêm vào giảm nhẹ nhưng vẫn có hàm ý chê bai.
English
A softened but still insulting way to call someone stupid.
How it's used: Carries mocking or insulting undertones.
Example
Vietnamese
“Câu đó hơi bị ngu đó.”
English
“That was a pretty dumb thing to say.”
Usage & Context
Common Situations
Typical for Cross-generational speakers in South contexts — informal, community-sourced usage.
Tone & Vibe
Insulting · Insult · South.
Cultural & Linguistic Detail
Submitter-provided context. Legacy tags above still power search filters.
- country or origin scope
- vietnam
- macro region
- south
- cultural subregion
- Nam Bộ
- origin certainty
- likely
- slang types
- insult
- speaker group
- urban, online_community
- age group
- mixed
- community context
- internet_slang, street_slang
- register
- informal
- intensity
- medium
- connotation
- insulting
- context of use
- arguing
- literal or figurative
- figurative
- source type
- heard_in_real_life
- current usage status
- current
- commonness
- somewhat_common
- heard from detail
- Thường nghe trong giao tiếp hàng ngày ở miền Nam.
- accent note
- Phát âm theo giọng Nam; thường nhanh hơn và nhẹ hơn giọng Bắc.
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