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MadrasT

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38. "Something is happening"

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 07:06 AM

Jan 2012

That is what "something's going down" means to me. (I am a Philadelphian.)

The "sweetheart" bit was more offensive to me. The "something's going down" bit didn't register as offensive. If he had said "someone" that would have been sexual and extremely offensive to me.

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I did not think of it as a offensive oral sex joke, I read it "going down" jersey style "Sopranos" [View all] demtenjeep Jan 2012 OP

"going down" in New Jerseyese = "happening" n/t SixthSense Jan 2012 #1

most people don't live in new jersey spanone Jan 2012 #17

You don't have to live in NJ to have heard this old song: pnwmom Jan 2012 #26

I'm truly speechless. Don't think it's happened before. Happyhippychick Jan 2012 #2

He is the pits, and I share your bewilderment about why people (Repukes) like him whathehell Jan 2012 #3

I'm sorry, are you talking about Chris Christie... Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #6

How about "All of the above"? whathehell Jan 2012 #18

What? Hit men? Guy's a large blob of santorum. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #4

Whatever it was, it was tasteless and juvenile of him to say it. Vinca Jan 2012 #5

The poor righties who feel discriminated against by the liberal world around them love this stuff... rfranklin Jan 2012 #7

That's what I thought LiberalAndProud Jan 2012 #29

Yeah... I think they're stretching it to a sexual innuendo. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #8

Ewww....and that interpretation whathehell Jan 2012 #19

All's fair, but if we push this angle it will show more about what's going down with US pnwmom Jan 2012 #25

Allen "macaca" episode was NOT done in private! It was at a fundraiser! Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #9

I think Christie channels James Cagney a lot. He loves "tough talk", thinks he's cool. Crude monmouth Jan 2012 #10

I am sticking with the oral sex angle Vinnie From Indy Jan 2012 #11

when I heard it - I took it as a sexual thing nadine_mn Jan 2012 #12

Geesh, so now.... Riftaxe Jan 2012 #15

LOL. Great counter-example. n/t pnwmom Jan 2012 #24

Sometimes it's the person who said something that adds context. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #28

I think it was an intentional double entendre Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #13

I don't. The non-sexual use is much older, at least in NJ, pnwmom Jan 2012 #21

Not only in N.J. - nothing emilyg Jan 2012 #34

It made me feel old, too -- having grown up in a time pnwmom Jan 2012 #36

Christie ProSense Jan 2012 #14

"something going down" also simply means "something happening". nt Romulox Jan 2012 #16

True...His..um.. "uninspiring" physique aside, I doubt he meant it in a sexual way. whathehell Jan 2012 #20

I'm surprised he didn't add, "Now shut up and go fix me a sandwich." MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #22

I agree. And here's a typical example of it being used without any sexual connotations. pnwmom Jan 2012 #23

The condescension was in "sweetheart" DLine Jan 2012 #27

His use of the word "Sweetheart" made me think he was referring to oral sex. Arugula Latte Jan 2012 #30

I agree with you Bohunk68 Jan 2012 #37

As always, outrage is in the eye of the beholder. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 #31

Somethings going down tonight, like a full side of beef and 8 gallons of gravy Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #32

Jersey Style? YEah Christie and Snookie... SomethingFishy Jan 2012 #33

Im assuming Christie is Italian Charlemagne Jan 2012 #35

"Something is happening" MadrasT Jan 2012 #38