![]() It still makes me cringe when I hear it, however, just as I do when people use "irregardless". Conversely, being "up for that" was an open acknowledgement of your agreement or participation it was not private, and no secrecy was implied or conveyed.īecause English is English, and slang moves into the mainstream if it gets enough attention, they now mean the same thing. "On the down low" shares some of the same connotation, where you are describing/referring to something out of the public eye, unknown to the wife/girlfriend, or otherwise a secret.īeing "down for that" implied not only that you agreed with someone, but that you would keep your involvement a secret. It meant that you were involved in something seedy, or had inside information on something. Years ago (and the number of years is unclear to me) being "down with something" had a different meaning on the street, or amongst those who were less. I thought the speaker was confused, at first, until I heard it repeated in different contexts and came to understand that "up for that" and "down for that" have approximately the same definition to most people. It shocked me the first time I heard it (sometime in 2013, if I remember correctly). Of course, it works well when talking to friends, but you might want to explore alternatives when talking to other people. It is common in chat rooms and other online social hangouts, but does not often appear in writing. I’m down is quite a conversational phrase. Stating that you are "down for that" appears to be a relatively recent phrase coming from slang. It seems to me that its use in this context is more popular among people in their late teens/early twenties. If you are addressing someone directly who is presently seated, you could use a command: up with you! (stand up.) 'I'm down' is an informal phrase that's used all the time, We might note that this phrase may be 'used all the time' among people of a certain generation. ![]() (In case it's not clear, "I am up to something" means "I have an ulterior motive I don't wish to reveal.") Although you could say I am up to something, you sneaky little devil, you. ![]() Ron DeSantis signed a new state immigration law Wednesday that critics say is cruel as it imposes tough. ![]() Or: up with ice cream! (Yay! Ice Cream!) You would never say I am up with something. Standing at a podium with a sign reading Biden’s Border Crisis, Florida Gov. up with the king! - meaning hey, that king is pretty great. To be up with something is only used in the imperitive, eg. You could also speak of having a disease, sometimes preceded by the verb to come if the sickness hasn't yet fully taken hold. I'm down with science means "I am familiar with science" or "science is a good thing." To be down with something is a slang phrase, and not terribly common in formal speech or writing. If you are down with something it means that you have knowledge of something or are in agreement with it. ![]()
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