The Line
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Post by The Line on Dec 22, 2006 10:22:07 GMT -5
I see it mentioned a lot here, and I have no idea what it really means, and I need a non-dicitonary definition.
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Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Dec 22, 2006 10:24:03 GMT -5
Its one of those words thats hard to explain in normal terms. I guess the simpliest way is something like...someone/something pretentious is trying to get far more attention that it deserves, and to promote itself or someone else as worth more than they really are, or making an outlandish assumption.
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Post by The Jeebus on Dec 22, 2006 10:24:51 GMT -5
Ostentatious.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Dec 22, 2006 10:41:57 GMT -5
Most people tend to confuse it with a term to describe it as soemthing you don't like or understand, so look out
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Post by Johnny D on Dec 22, 2006 10:42:50 GMT -5
Most people tend to confuse it with a term to describe it as soemthing you don't like or understand, so look out Agreed. |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 22, 2006 10:43:38 GMT -5
It means trying to be too clever, essentially.
But yes, DrMeatFlapsHoffman is also right, it can be a defensive term to anything people don't understand.
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Dec 22, 2006 10:50:48 GMT -5
ok, because a lot of people seem to be describing music with it. I think most people seem to think anything artistic or different is pretentious
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Dec 22, 2006 10:53:56 GMT -5
ok, because a lot of people seem to be describing music with it. I think most people seem to think anything artistic or different is pretentious Yea you'll get that a lot, most people tend to think 'not metal/no chorus = pretentious' they're completely wrong like, but it's funny to read. |
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Dec 22, 2006 10:55:48 GMT -5
ok, because a lot of people seem to be describing music with it. I think most people seem to think anything artistic or different is pretentious Yea you'll get that a lot, most people tend to think 'not metal/no chorus = pretentious' they're completely wrong like, but it's funny to read. thats what I was thinking,too. |
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Sajoa Moe
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 22, 2006 10:56:55 GMT -5
The context I usually hear it in refers to someone being full of themselves or acting overly important.
For example, people who drink Starbucks coffee and brag about it like they're in some sort of elite clique are pretentious.
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Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 22, 2006 10:58:43 GMT -5
May be this guy knows.  |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Dec 22, 2006 11:47:55 GMT -5
The context I usually hear it in refers to someone being full of themselves or acting overly important. For example, people who drink Starbucks coffee and brag about it like they're in some sort of elite clique are pretentious. Starbucks coffee drinkers need a punchin'. |
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therob
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Post by therob on Dec 22, 2006 11:49:42 GMT -5
It really means just acting more important then it is. A lot of people use it to mean being too artsy which can sometimes be true because a lot of artsy type things do take themselves to seriously.
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bigHEADinc
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Post by bigHEADinc on Dec 22, 2006 12:11:15 GMT -5
Pssshhhh... If you don't already know then you never will....
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Dec 22, 2006 12:40:47 GMT -5
The context I usually hear it in refers to someone being full of themselves or acting overly important. For example, people who drink Starbucks coffee and brag about it like they're in some sort of elite clique are pretentious. Starbucks coffee drinkers need a punchin'. This man for president! |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 22, 2006 12:56:29 GMT -5
A lot of music is pretentious.
Take Revolution #9 from the White Album. 10 minutes of self-indulgent cack.
A lot of the prog-rock bands from the 70's made some real pretentious crap. Emerson, Lake and Palmer and their 20 minute keyboard solos for example.
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therob
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Post by therob on Dec 22, 2006 13:01:33 GMT -5
Here is the best way to describe pretentious. If it makes you say "OK WE f***ING GET IT!" it is probably pretentious.
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Post by samachine on Dec 22, 2006 13:11:28 GMT -5
Mars Volta
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Post by bigHEADinc on Dec 22, 2006 16:28:02 GMT -5
I guess you'll never get it... It's fine, we didn't want you to get it anyways...  |
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Dec 22, 2006 16:44:33 GMT -5
To be Pretentious means to believe that you can do something beyond your actual abilities, and then generally fail at it while still believe you are doing a great job. In writing there is something called Pretentious Diction which is when someone uses words they don't commonly use in normal conversation and don't know what they mean. So they write a paper or novel and it all comes out clunky or ironic.
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