hurr durr
- noun
- Offensive
- His explanation was just a bunch of hurr durr.
Examples
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Instead of addressing the real issues, the debate turned into a series of hurr durr exchanges.
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Whenever someone disagreed with him online, he dismissed their argument as just hurr durr.
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Her comment was nothing but hurr durr, completely unrelated to the topic.
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Stop talking that hurr durr nonsense!
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During the meeting, he kept making hurr durr comments that distracted everyone from the main issues.
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She rolled her eyes at the hurr durr remarks that added no value to the discussion.
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After listening to the hurr durr coming from the opposing team, I realized they had no real arguments.
Synonyms
A short mocking word used online to show something is obvious
Antonyms
How Meaningful
Surface Forms
Morphology
hurr + durr
The phrase is internet slang/imitative speech made of nonstandard or onomatopoeic pieces—'hurr' has no dictionary meaning and 'durr' is an online interjection roughly signalling 'no duh'. Because the constituents do not combine into a predictable compositional meaning and the sense relies on slangy, pragmatic/in-joke knowledge, a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not be able to infer 'meaningless or foolish speech'.
Etymology
Hurr durr began online as a silly sound people used to copy someone saying something stupid, with the parts hurr and durr acting like fake, dumb words. Because it makes a funny, mocking sound, people use hurr durr today to show 'nonsense' or to 'mock' an argument.