| 词汇 | hello |
| 词源 | hello? Over the past 20 years or so hello has taken on the additional meaning of a kind of derisive question inquiring whether someone is at home upstairs (in his or her head) for proposing a silly or dumb idea, often in conversation. Pro- nounced hel-lo, the new expression is frequently written with a question mark. Duh is similarly used. |
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