Please explain this

morgie · Post by **morgie** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:42 pm

Hi,
i've seen / heard the expression "Be there or be square(d)" .. ???

what does the "square" refers to ? .

Post by **DLC** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:48 pm

"Square" is a mid 20th century American slang term for someone who is a conformist, a square peg who fits into a square hole. They are people who don't break the law, go to church and are generally a "good" person.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:43 pm

in other words a nerd.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:15 pm

no no no, not a nerd, if anyhtign nerds DON'T fit into the square hole. Dave had it right

MK

morgie · Post by **morgie** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:18 pm

Oki, i thought it was something like that but was not sure.. thanks a lot !

so it was kind of the parent expression for "think outside the box"

hehe

88xt6joe · Post by **88xt6joe** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:58 am

Like 4 corners Man!!!! Just slow down daddy-O!!!

Joe

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:48 am

Back to the Future automatically comes to mind

Post by **Legacy777** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:50 am

I'm definitely not "square" according to that definition.....I hate conformity

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:57 am

I dunno what kind of nerds you know, but the ones I know are pretty square.

I dont think it really has much to do with thinking out side of the box. Thats more of an, "you're not being original" saying

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:45 am

i dont conform but i do go to church regulary and am considered a good person.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:19 am

I'm a rhombus.

Steve

Tleg93 · Post by **Tleg93** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:58 pm

evolutionmovement wrote:I'm a rhombus.

Steve

You're a parallelogram with four equal sides, an oblique angled lateral parallelogram.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:15 pm

Square= won't take any chances in life, stay's with what's familiar. Won't do anything deemed "bad" by the powers that be.

Here's some from a Thesaurus:

Square
Function: adjective
Definition: old-fashioned
Synonyms: bourgeois, button-down, conservative, conventional, dated, orthodox, out-of-date, straight, strait-laced, stuffy

Square
Function: noun
Definition: traditionalist
Synonyms: antediluvian, back number, conservative, die-hard, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback, old fogy, stick-in-the-mud

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:13 pm

you forgot republican

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