"I was standing next to a goth at a crosswalk and they opened their umbrella and I literally shit myself thinking this person was turning into a bat."

No cap I think that's it

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shat is the past tense of the verb to shit, methinks

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While technically correct, when it comes to translating slang things become more art than science.

The goal is to evoke the same feeling and imagery.

Like how I changed "Honestly" to "Literally". Both are English but over here we don't use "Honestly" like that so the word "Literally" was a better choice.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

For us old fogeys, literally still means without metaphor, so someone who literally shit the bed actually soiled their bedsheets leaving a mess for maid service, as opposed to figuratively making a mess in an other situation.

Honest, honest Iago just looked like a reliable friend who tells the truth and intends no harm. Politicians are honest. My weather station, when properly calibrated, is truthful in that it reports accurate facts.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No cap on what?

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No lie.

Capping as in teasing you with a fib, or commenting on how fat your mama is. Zoomer-Alpha slang.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Oh, well in that case, no cap....

Because my mama ate it all

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

The bat? I became lost some time ago.