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Soft

Crazy, bold, daring: "You're soft for questioning the professah."

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My maternal grandfather would say "That guy was as soft as a chinaman's slipper" ...

Chuck McCarthy Fmr "Dot Rat" on January 9, 2004 01:45 PM.

Soft=stupid, i.e. they have a soft head.

guy on February 19, 2004 05:18 PM.

As in, "Whaddya soft?"

jeff on May 25, 2004 03:21 PM.

this one makes no sence to me.. arent they complete opposites? dont the people realize they dont have anything in common?

Koby on June 21, 2004 03:23 AM.

also, "soft as a sneaker full of sh*t"

sidson on July 14, 2005 03:55 PM.

I agree with the other commenters. Soft is stupid or slow. My mother would say, "I musta been soft to think yous would come back with change after I told you to only buy some tonic and fudgicles. Now gimme that change; it's my-in."

Kate from the Merrimack Valley
Actually first from Chemsfed, then from Boston, then J.P., then Lowell, then Beacon Hill, now Haverill.

Kate on May 6, 2007 11:56 PM.

Basically stupid but also with some crazy potential.
Someone soft in Dot wasn't just dumb but kind of wacky and would do crazy soft.
My friend was hammered and acting up at his house once and his father just shook his head and said, "You're soft as puppy shit."

Pretty much sums up the usage.

dot rat on November 22, 2007 10:59 AM.

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