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Posted: 16 June 2010 - 10:01 PM

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OK, I guess my English is not too bad, though it's not my mother tongue (which would be German) BUT I came across the word WHUMP every now and then and couldn't find it in any dictionary yet. I got an idea, But would anyone give me an extensive explanation? Please?

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Posted: 17 June 2010 - 06:11 AM

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Taking a beating. Like Mac had his butt whumped several times during the show.

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Posted: 17 June 2010 - 07:30 AM

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Yeah it's a slang term.

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Posted: 17 June 2010 - 05:59 PM

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And here's the relevant item in Wikipedia.

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Posted: 17 June 2010 - 06:57 PM

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QUOTE (MacBeth @ 17 June 2010 - 06:02 PM)

And here's the relevant item in Wikipedia.

Oh dear, obviously there is a whole new world out there to be discovered, especially for a linguist !! Thanks a lot.

I must admit that I quite like the whump scenes, esp. when it is embedded in a typical ironic Mac-comment, like:

Bushmaster

Mac: I hope you didn't take what happened back at the road block personally?
the guard punches him in the stomach very hard
Mac: guess you did...

The road not taken

Mac is handed a piece of wood with east Asian writing on it
Mac: Hey you spelled my name wrong.
gets punched
Mac: High noon! This guy has seen to many westerns!

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