Words can have several meanings and idioms are always hard to understand when thought of literally (their meaning must be memorized). A word which comprises two separate words may sometimes be hard to understand because it might not have the same meaning as its word components. This is always hard to learn for non-native speakers. However, a word can usually be broken into three parts: the root, the prefix and the suffix. The meanings of common roots, prefixes and suffixes can be memorized to piece together the meaning of a word, which is much easier.
I love this classic Big Nate humor! I haven’t seen too many censored jokes in the new Big Nate comics but seeing it today just made my day! As for me, I can take a general guess at what Jenny’s “nickname” might be. But I can remember as a kid watching TV and they would bleep something out and I would ask my mom what all the bleeping was. And she said that simply that the people who were bleeping were saying mean things to the other person who they were actually saying it to (but now I know they were saying, you son of a *. LOL). So (not knowing any curse words) I would imagine that they were saying the mean “words” that I knew as a 5-year-old. (Which would be something silly like meany head, or stupid). So when I see something being censored I am brought back to a little me making up my own words that I felt were worthy of being censored. LOL
Wilde Bill over 6 years ago
Ha, ha! Jenny is teaching Artur new words.
hev1 over 6 years ago
Words can have several meanings and idioms are always hard to understand when thought of literally (their meaning must be memorized). A word which comprises two separate words may sometimes be hard to understand because it might not have the same meaning as its word components. This is always hard to learn for non-native speakers. However, a word can usually be broken into three parts: the root, the prefix and the suffix. The meanings of common roots, prefixes and suffixes can be memorized to piece together the meaning of a word, which is much easier.
BigNateRules! over 6 years ago
Lol. Artur actually thought that was a good nickname.
Flapjack over 6 years ago
Reminds me of the time where Nate won biggest ********** in the school yearbook.
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
It probably fits too!
Rachel_E over 6 years ago
Jenny’s “nickname” for Nate must be really terrible! ;)
LINK_O_NEAL over 6 years ago
I love this classic Big Nate humor! I haven’t seen too many censored jokes in the new Big Nate comics but seeing it today just made my day! As for me, I can take a general guess at what Jenny’s “nickname” might be. But I can remember as a kid watching TV and they would bleep something out and I would ask my mom what all the bleeping was. And she said that simply that the people who were bleeping were saying mean things to the other person who they were actually saying it to (but now I know they were saying, you son of a *. LOL). So (not knowing any curse words) I would imagine that they were saying the mean “words” that I knew as a 5-year-old. (Which would be something silly like meany head, or stupid). So when I see something being censored I am brought back to a little me making up my own words that I felt were worthy of being censored. LOL
Jeditwo over 6 years ago
Oh man. XD
Lhenn over 6 years ago
If you think about it, no one actually talks like the Big Nate characters do
Apollo over 6 years ago
I’d keep quiet Teddy
MIGHTY BANANAS over 6 years ago
Im starting my weekly reviews when next comic comes out
MIGHTY BANANAS over 6 years ago
We’ve only heard Jenny call nate that once or twice
ittiHalim over 6 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA!!! big nate is still great, but not as great as the old days! Best modern big nate comic ever!
ProcatTheawesome about 6 years ago
Who makes a nickname a cuss word?
Flipnote19 over 5 years ago
Ow.
ComicFan4Life about 4 years ago
Oh, thank goodness for censorship.
RayChan about 3 years ago
what did she call him
Pets of the comics about 3 years ago
It’s best you don’t know. and, HOLY CRAP JENNY!