if you’re on Twitter you’ll know that
cardi B has shown herself to be the
queen of clap back
what’s clap back and how can cardi B
help you learn modern English let’s find
out in today’s lesson
first the register the tenor the style
of today’s vocabulary is all informal
mostly slang sometimes offensive but
always so bloody amazing the first word
is clap back this is a verb and a noun
clap back is a quick and smart reply to
some criticism towards you
typically filled with attitude and
insults so when people say bad stuff
about cardi B on Twitter and she replies
with some fire
that’s clap back that is how it works as
a noun as a verb however we conjugate
clap not back for example we don’t say
she clap back at her critics new we say
she clapped back at her critics or in a
present tense she often claps back bad
bitch bitch is not a good thing to call
someone
however the attitude that cardi B gives
to this word turns it into a positive
almost empowering word and specifically
a bad bitch is a confident independent
woman she doesn’t need anyone to take
care of her examples all a bad bitch
needs is money and when talking about
Chrissy Teigen I know a bad bitch when I
see one
y’all it’s a contraction of you all yo
y’all is very common in songs in music
in speech however in American English
it’s very common but in British English
it basically doesn’t exist we don’t use
it so if someone says hey yeah
what are they saying hey you all hate
all of you hey y’all British people
don’t sound cool when we say y’all so if
you have a British accent don’t say this
word w/e this is short for whatever
people often reduce whatever to w/e on
Twitter because there is a word limit
for example in this tweet where someone
called Stephanie criticizes cardi B for
twerking suggesting it’s not only not
empowering for women but might also be
responsible for the me to movement
really cardi B claps back with it says
to women that I can wear and not wear
whatever I want
do W E whatever I want and that no still
means no so Stephanie chimed in
chimed in this phrasal verb isn’t
informal you can use it formally
informally it doesn’t matter but to
chime in means to offer your opinion in
a conversation or to add something new
to the conversation back to the tweet so
Stephanie chimed in
if I twerk and be half-naked does that
mean I deserve to get raped and molested
feel free to chime in in the comments is
carding me just the best or is she just
the best you know
lastly I started by saying that cardi B
is the queen of clap back and this next
tweet is probably my favorite this lady
white power Barbie also known as Tommy
Lehren decided that she would criticize
party be not a good idea
cardies response leave me alone I will
dog walk you it’s brutal
you just don’t mess with cardi B still
not see Barbie tried again which made
cardi B clap back with you are a perfect
example on no matter how educated or
smart you think you are you still a
sheep in English we say someone is a
sheep when they follow a person or an
idea without really thinking for
themselves maybe they like and follow
this person or this idea because other
people do or they think that they should
for some reason regardless of how
terrible or stupid the person or the
idea is they will still follow it quite
stupidly like a sheep and as you can
imagine when people argue about politics
the word sheep gets used a lot I invite
you to use today’s vocabulary in the
comments
chimed in with your opinion and remember
be like cardi if anyone gives you
be the baddest bitch and clap back see
you in the next class
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cardi B has shown herself to be the
queen of clap back
what’s clap back and how can cardi B
help you learn modern English let’s find
out in today’s lesson
first the register the tenor the style
of today’s vocabulary is all informal
mostly slang sometimes offensive but
always so bloody amazing the first word
is clap back this is a verb and a noun
clap back is a quick and smart reply to
some criticism towards you
typically filled with attitude and
insults so when people say bad stuff
about cardi B on Twitter and she replies
with some fire
that’s clap back that is how it works as
a noun as a verb however we conjugate
clap not back for example we don’t say
she clap back at her critics new we say
she clapped back at her critics or in a
present tense she often claps back bad
bitch bitch is not a good thing to call
someone
however the attitude that cardi B gives
to this word turns it into a positive
almost empowering word and specifically
a bad bitch is a confident independent
woman she doesn’t need anyone to take
care of her examples all a bad bitch
needs is money and when talking about
Chrissy Teigen I know a bad bitch when I
see one
y’all it’s a contraction of you all yo
y’all is very common in songs in music
in speech however in American English
it’s very common but in British English
it basically doesn’t exist we don’t use
it so if someone says hey yeah
what are they saying hey you all hate
all of you hey y’all British people
don’t sound cool when we say y’all so if
you have a British accent don’t say this
word w/e this is short for whatever
people often reduce whatever to w/e on
Twitter because there is a word limit
for example in this tweet where someone
called Stephanie criticizes cardi B for
twerking suggesting it’s not only not
empowering for women but might also be
responsible for the me to movement
really cardi B claps back with it says
to women that I can wear and not wear
whatever I want
do W E whatever I want and that no still
means no so Stephanie chimed in
chimed in this phrasal verb isn’t
informal you can use it formally
informally it doesn’t matter but to
chime in means to offer your opinion in
a conversation or to add something new
to the conversation back to the tweet so
Stephanie chimed in
if I twerk and be half-naked does that
mean I deserve to get raped and molested
feel free to chime in in the comments is
carding me just the best or is she just
the best you know
lastly I started by saying that cardi B
is the queen of clap back and this next
tweet is probably my favorite this lady
white power Barbie also known as Tommy
Lehren decided that she would criticize
party be not a good idea
cardies response leave me alone I will
dog walk you it’s brutal
you just don’t mess with cardi B still
not see Barbie tried again which made
cardi B clap back with you are a perfect
example on no matter how educated or
smart you think you are you still a
sheep in English we say someone is a
sheep when they follow a person or an
idea without really thinking for
themselves maybe they like and follow
this person or this idea because other
people do or they think that they should
for some reason regardless of how
terrible or stupid the person or the
idea is they will still follow it quite
stupidly like a sheep and as you can
imagine when people argue about politics
the word sheep gets used a lot I invite
you to use today’s vocabulary in the
comments
chimed in with your opinion and remember
be like cardi if anyone gives you
be the baddest bitch and clap back see
you in the next class
[Music] you
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