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Stubborn, hard-headed, strong-willed in Western Sicilian dialect. Used to refer to toddlers, or young children who are sassy and cutely resistant, but said with pride and awe on the part of older relatives. Phonetically it sometimes sounds like "thoistu" for a boy, or "thoista" for a girl. Others will pronounce it closer to "thosta" or "thostu".
The elder relatives may in one sense disapprove of the behavior, but yet be satisfied that the child is demonstrating free spiritedness and self- initiative. The expectation is that these kids will not be easily influenced by their peers and learn how to stand up for themselves.
To have heard this in your household your grandparents, parents, or aunts or uncles would have had to be exposed to turn of the century (1900) western Sicilian dialect, even if you heard it in the second half of the twentieth century. 1950 to 2000. It is becoming more and more rare to hear it.
A nonna looks at her four year old grandson as he is about to write on the wall with crayons and he boldly keeps doing it even as his parents firmly say "NO!" So the nonna smiles and says:
"Oh! He is so tosta/u". Similar to "boys will be boys".
A little girl throws her stuffed animal at her cousin who is visiting and her mother, partly embarrassed, but partly amazed, will grin a bit and say:
"I'm sorry, but she is just so tosta/u"
But the child is still gently discouraged from the behavior, but the parent is glad the child can protect themselves if necessary.
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A call out or taunt encouraging a person to step up effort and skill after a weak performance. Can be directed at a friend/teammate or enemy/opponent.
"You were wide open, you have to hit that shot, werr u"
"That B*tch was all over you , werr u"
"You call that defence, werr u"
Or just a general callout, "werr u!"
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How the locals refer to Washington University in St. Louis, the #11 national research university in the country in the opinion of US News and World Report.
Man, we were smokin' it up down on the South 40 at Wash. U. last night.
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someone that makes an enormous amount of money from the stock market, particularly a stock that is shorted and betted on to go down and be worthless but it turns out to be valuable.
bro 1: wow justin just made over $22 million dollars on that GME stock, he's u/DeepFuckingValue Bro
bro 2: wow he's a god, i need to him to fuck my wife ASAP
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showing that one needs to indeed not
Hey do you like my horizontal stripes?
'can u not'
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ultimate comeback to anything but no u
Jake: Ur mom gay
you: u gae
*the universe collapses upon itself*
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u bum is the only insult you will ever need to use. It is a revolutionary term used by Lebron James and can be used by you too. that's how you that you're know your a cool kid. Wanna be a cool kid? then use the term U BUM.... your welcome....
Donald Trump: *** tweets something***
LeBron James: ... u bum.
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