ether
To viciously humiliate or insultTo viciously humiliate or insult.
» The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
Das Flugzeug schien schlichtweg im Äther zu verschwinden.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)To viciously humiliate or insult.
The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.
Examples
1 sentencesThe plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
deDas Flugzeug schien schlichtweg im Äther zu verschwinden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From “Ether” (2001), a song by the American hip hop recording artist Nas (born 1973). AccoFrom “Ether” (2001), a song by the American hip hop recording artist Nas (born 1973). According to Nas, the song, a diss track aimed at fellow artist Jay-Z (born 1969), was thus named because he was once told that ghosts and spirits do not like the fumes from ether (noun, sense 5), and he viewed the song as affecting Jay-Z in a similar way. The song contains the lines “I fuck with your soul like ether” and “That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow”.
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Forms
ethers, ethering, ethered, etheredSynonyms
19 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle