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Sun, May 25 2008, 11:09 am

My mother has a retail fabric, trimming, and notions store. One time these jewish high school girls came in and were just browsing. One of the girls, right in front of my mother, but to another girl said, "this store is nasty" Surprised

. My mother was so taken aback, especially since nothing even happened, until my sister clarified that nasty means nice. shock

↑ amother

Sun, May 25 2008, 3:27 pm

montrealmommy wrote:

since when does nasty mean nice? either way I probably would've reacted like your mother!

I checked it up in the dictionary and got this:

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nas·ty Audio Help /ˈnæsti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[nas-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est, noun, plural -ties.
–adjective 1. physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
2. offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
3. offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit.
4. vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a nasty dog; a nasty rumor.
5. bad or hard to deal with, encounter, undergo, etc.; dangerous; serious: a nasty cut; a nasty accident.
6. very unpleasant or disagreeable: nasty weather.
7. morally filthy; obscene; indecent: a nasty word.
8. Slang. formidable: The young pitcher has a good fast ball and a nasty curve.
–noun 9. Informal. a nasty person or thing.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nasty