The phrases “This shit is dope!” and “This dope is shit!” have exact opposite meanings.
Now this shit is dope.
I’m not sure “This dope is shit” has ANY meaning, as I’m not sure anyone has ever said that. Ever.
Yeah it does?
Well if you got a shitty batch if heroin, what else are you going to say?
“Fnfnddndn” as the fentanyl hits your system?
Uhh someone doesn’t know about drugs apparently.
I disagree. In fact, I actually think that anything that can be said, has been said by someone, even if only one person.
“shit” vs “the shit” “bollocks” versus “the dog’s bollocks” and so on
This is my kind of showerthought!
And “this dope is the shit” means “this shit is dope.”
However, “this shit is the dope” does not mean “this dope is shit.”
But if this shit is the dope, pretty good chance that the dope is shit.
But in the case of “where’d you stash the shit?”, the dope is likely of at least usual quality.
Usually, “shit” is worse than “ass” as a swear word. And yet, in “this shit is ass”, the negative sentiment is carried by “ass”, not “shit”.
Not quite exact opposite.
In the first sentence, ‘shit’ could be damn near anything.
In the second sentence, ‘dope’ is going to be cocaine or heroin or something close to that.
So they’re not exact opposites, as the potential scope of the subject of the first sentence is much more broad than the second.
And telling someone “you’re shit” and “you ain’t shit” mean the same thing.
But both different from being “the shit”
Just like how something being bollocks is strong British condemnation, but being the DOG’S bollocks means it’s the fucking best!
What’s that about? Do British canines just have marvelous testicles? 🤔
“You ever think about all of your shit is stuff, and everyone else’s stuff is shit?”
-George Carlin
Imagines a really messed up episode of “is it cake?”.
