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Not from the US either, but I've lived here a long time. I don't think the connotations are specific to the US, though. If someone calls your behavior/charact
by Estragon 11y ago
Not from the US either, but I've lived here a long time. I don't think the connotations are specific to the US, though.
If someone calls your behavior/characteristics creepy here, it's a very bad sign.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Creepy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Creepy
- tluyben2 11y agoI guess the over usage might have cut down the connotation? It just doesn't 'feel' like anything that bad... For instance at parties or gatherings if there is some dude standing in a corner looking around girls call him creepy a lot; I don't really think that's a 'very bad sign'. Just a bit of weirdo... Also people call other people who go to gothic dress ups creepy; I think they would consider that a compliment in fact. But again, sounds rather that the over usage makes it less bad sounding, at least outside the US maybe. I still do think it's the US though, mostly because it's so outspoken there with that weird beeping away of 'curse words', saying 'oh my gosh' and making describing some rambling dude his opinion as hostile. Hostile to me has a very different connotation than being called creepy even if it's very sincerely meant.