so lame
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9.5
- idiom
- /soʊ leɪm/
- Slang
- That movie was so lame; I can't believe I wasted two hours on it.
- Oh, it's so lame
- sounds so lame
- so lame, you know
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- They like some of them have like Coachella adjacent outfits for yeah, and I feel so lame.
- It's on the cusp here, but I think with a bit of Persuasion I, that was so lame.
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Examples
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- That is so lame!
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The reason no one's helping with your paper is because it's so lame.
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Everything NBC has for next year just looks so lame in comparison.
Blog text (11) -
You shouldn't do this because it's so lame.
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Myspace is so lame now.
Blog text (31) -
Sadie said, "That's so lame and immature that you're doing that."
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It's so lame that we can't go to the concert because it's sold out.
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Her joke was so lame that nobody laughed.
Synonyms
350
6.8
Weak and not convincing, often given as an excuse
81
5.8
Not original and trying to be touching but it feels silly
5
7.5
A reason or explanation that is very weak and not believable
1
8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Antonyms
584
3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
How Lame
- Offensive
702
3.9
- Slang
28
9.5
- Offensive
350
6.8
9
3.9
182
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'so' functions as an intensifier and 'lame' means weak/unimpressive, so 'so lame' straightforwardly means 'very unimpressive or unfunny'. This intensifier + adjective pattern is common cross-linguistically and in everyday English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase so lame comes from the word lame, which once described a person who was 'unable to walk' and so looked weak or unable to do much. That's why today we call a boring idea or poor performance lame — so lame just means 'very' weak or unimpressive.