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The fact that it does have many different meanings, does not necessarily mean that any of those meanings are meant negatively.
Originally posted by halfoldman
One post above says the significance changes with the context, and she uses it diffusely, but not meaninglessly.
Sometimes it may be positive, and sometimes it's the last profound and ironic comment, it seems.
lol. C'mon now. This is going to send us quickly down the road to 'Irrelevance'. There can't be different significances. There is either 1 significant point, or there are none. It either is, or it isn't.
Originally posted by halfoldman
Just because people attach different significances to "cheers" does not mean it has no significance.
In fact, a proliferation and amalgamation of significances is far from no significance.
Originally posted by halfoldman
I think gays like me have female friends because we have similar minds in some respects.
Originally posted by halfoldman
At least according to dictionary meanings of Cheers I'm not wrong:
cheers [tʃɪəz]
sentence substitute Informal chiefly Brit
1. a drinking toast
2. goodbye! cheerio!
3. thanks!
www.thefreedictionary.com...
However, I suspect that not any of these meanings explain the proliferation of the mysterious "cheers" that grace the ending of numerous ATS posts nowadays.
As a thanks it should come sooner, as a toast it should be appropriate (unless the sender assumes and rudely implies the receiver is an alcoholic), and as a goodbye it cancels out future interaction (which on a thread meant for interaction is inappropriate and rude - then why not end with "F You"?).
So what does it mean?
What do you mean when you end a post with "cheers"?
edit on 1-7-2012 by halfoldman because: (no reason given)
[color=9CFFFF]It is doubtful that there is any gender context variance for the word itself, but that↑ very well might be the reason that you're making a big deal out of something that should not be a big deal.
Originally posted by halfoldman
I think gays like me have female friends because we have similar minds in some respects.
So something that looks significant to my more feminized mind might not appear as odd to a straight male.
I'm not exactly following your logic here. If 20 people say it is meant positively, and 1 person says it could be positive or negative, then you automatically believe the 1 person, and ignore the other 20?
Originally posted by halfoldman
Well, significantly the one poster who reported on using the word said it could be positive or negative for the intended person according to the context.
lmao. You're not even trying. I said no such thing. I've already explained it to you a few times. You're confusing the words 'meaning' and 'significant'. Not all meanings are significant.
Originally posted by halfoldman
However, I cannot agree that we either find one meaning for something or none at all.
Heck, even the dictionary already gives "cheers" three.
Originally posted by glen200376
There is nothing new about the word cheers.in scotland we use it all the time instead of thanks.we also use it as a toast with drink.im 36 and all my life it has been used.my grandparents used it and they would be near 100 years old if still alive.how you can asume that it is negative i really dont know,says a lot about you in my opinion.why do asume it is some sort of sarcasm?