Definder - what does the word mean?

What is take turns?

Using dark, sharp, or otherwise unpleasant statements or retorts in the course of a conversation.
Named after a person who commonly does the aforementioned.

Dan: "Oh I hate Jane."
Tony: "Why man? She seems fine to me."
Dan: "Nah mate, she keeps taking an SC turn each time I try to talk to her."

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take turns - video


Take turns - what is it?

When a conversation takes a nasty or dark turn.

"I like babies, they're cute."
"They're even cuter when I'm eating their guts..."
"...well this conversation is taking an SC turn."

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What does "take turns" mean?

An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austen novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.

Chick: Dude, my legs are really shaky after winning that drinking game.
Dude: Shall we take a turn about the room?

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Take turns - what does it mean?

An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austin novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.

Chick: Dude, this party is great and all, but I've been sitting on this couch so long that my leg is falling asleep.
Dude: Shall we take a turn about the room?"

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Take turns - meaning

A phrase which means "Things are so dramatic, it's starting to resemble Melrose Place."

References the 1990's drama filled soap opera, Melrose Place.

Person 1: Can you believe that he likes Lucas, who likes Desiree, who likes Jamie who likes Lucas?

Person 2: Yeah man. This shit is taking a turn for the Melrose.

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Take turns - definition

(of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession.

We take turns on the night shift

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