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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

F***ed up

English answer:

ridiculously happy

Added to glossary by Mohamed Fouda
Dec 11, 2017 18:30
6 yrs ago
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English term

F***ed up

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Now, men do not try to make happy a woman who they feel they cannot make happy. Because, let me explain something to you ladies. Making you happy makes him feel he’s a man. Failing to is like cancer. He might as well be dead. That ‘s why most men, and men—ladies, I know you this is true, but I’ll ask the men and men I want you to be dirt honest. How many men, no matter what you like—women say “oh you like breasts, you like rears, you like legs, you like whatever”—how many men here think there’s no question, no matter what a woman looks like, if she’s happy, if she’s smiling at you, you’re fucked up. How many men can agree with this? Say “I”. [audience cheers, many hands go up]

Gentlemen if you agree a woman’s smile is the sexiest thing about her, say “I.” [male voices in audience answer, “I”] Have you heard the voices? They’re not bullshitting you. In fact, there could be a can look at her first ‘cause she seems so sexy and he may keep looking, but there’s a part of him that starts to shift if he sees that she really isn’t happy. And if he thinks she’s happy, he like makes it up, his biochemistry takes over and he’s with her for a period of time, the reason he wants to get out of there, is he discovers he was wrong. But if he can make you happy, a man lights up like a Christmas tree.

Speech by Tony Robbins

I think the word \'f***ed up\" is used in a positive way here, but I\'m trying to grasp the actual meaning within the context.
Thanks for your help!
Responses
2 +1 ridiculously happy
4 screwed=head is messed up
2 (see explanation)
Change log

Dec 11, 2017 22:21: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Phoenix III Dec 12, 2017:
I agree that the transcription and punctuation are quite bad. This reminds me of a friend I once had. She was very attractive and had men were drooling. She once said to someone asking her out "Cut it out, even if I said yes, you wouldn't know what to do". I think this is the meaning here. If the woman were smiling at him, he would be totally screwed up. Meaning that he wouldn't know how to react. It's what happens when you want something so bad that once you have it... you're speechless! This is my take on this one.
philgoddard Dec 11, 2017:
If I didn't know this was Tony Robbins (who I'd never heard of), I'd have guessed this was Donald Trump. The words seem to make sense, but when you look at them closely, they're meaningless. I don't think there's any answer to your question, Mohamed.
Sheila Wilson Dec 11, 2017:
Dubious transcription? I'm wondering if there are some other things transcribed wrongly in there. There's certainly a lot of punctuation used very wrongly so that you have to read the words 2-3 times before they make any sense. Maybe sorting that out (if it's possible) would change the translation. I'm trying to grasp the actual meaning too.
philgoddard Dec 11, 2017:
The whole argument is very confusing, as off-the-cuff speech often is. I think he may mean that if you compliment a woman on her looks, even if she appears happy, society perceives it as a fucked-up (ie bad) thing to do. But I'm not sure.
One thing: "say I" has been transcribed wrongly. It's "aye", meaning "yes".

Responses

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4 hrs
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ridiculously happy

I agree with Sheila that the transcription seems slightly erratic.

And at first I thought it was something along the lines Daniel suggests.

But then I came round to "fu..ked up" being positive: if a women acknowledges a man's appreciation by smiling at him, then he becomes ridiculously happy, as in "lit up like a Christmas tree".
Peer comment(s):
agree Daniel Frisano
28 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Mark. After careful thinking, I've reached the right answer. He means ridiculously happy. What back up this answer is Tony's own words, when he says "how many men here think there’s no question, no matter what a woman looks like..etc". In this quote, he means that no matter a woman looks like, as long as she's happy, a man could be 'F***ed up'. He could be screwed. He would be too happy and excited in a silly way. Something like that. Thank you all."
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(see explanation)

She is implying that you (the man) won't be able to give her the same kind of happiness she is displaying right now.

In short, she is saying, "I don't need you to be happy". You (the man) suddenly feel useless, and now that's being thoroughly f***ed up.

(It's all quite confusing anyway, and full of potential contradictions. Then again, I wouldn't expect anything different from Mr. Robbins.)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-12-11 23:39:54 GMT)
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After reading Mark's suggestion, I have to disagree with myself. The difference is in the "up". If it was just f***ed, or screwed - all right, my 1st explanation would make sense. On the other hand, "f***ed up" is more in full confusion mode, out of happiness because she's smiling at you. Her smile blows away any consideration about her appearance and all the parts of the body mentioned before.
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screwed=head is messed up

This passage has some errors in it but I agree with Phoenix.

I think it has to mean "I'm screwed" here with the meaning of I'm toast or I'm in deep trouble now (but in a nice sort of way!) His head is messed up and he is not thinking stright any more.

The article is saying that it doesn't matter what a woman looks like or how nice different parts of her body are as it's her smile that really makes men go weak at the knees. So, if a woman smiles at a man it means he knows he has made/is making her happy and now he is completely smitten by her (in love), totally under her spell so he's really screwed or in trouble as he now has to try and keep her happy (in order to keep her). But when someone is so much in love they can act or look like total idiots as well! Will he react in the right way after she smiles at him?? Or will he be too screwed or messed up?

screwed can also mean messing with someone's head

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Note added at 15 hrs (2017-12-12 10:12:14 GMT)
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the problem with both fucked and screwed is that these words and expressions with them can mean a variety of things, both good and bad so it can be very confusing for a non-native to look at a dictionary and see apparently contradictory meanings. You can see various meanings here and elsewhere but in this case I believe it has to mean: uh-oh, that's me in trouble now! https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/screw up

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Note added at 15 hrs (2017-12-12 10:16:28 GMT)
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I also think this should be Pro as it not easy to work out a meaning
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