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LOUIS THEROUX | CHICKEN SHOP DATE
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threat
going well
passed away
Ed Sheeran
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There's a chicken shop dates episode with Ed Sheeran too!
Watch Ed Sheeran on Chicken shop dates!
Chicken nuggets
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vegetarian lasagne
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strangled
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groovy
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This is an antiquated word. Louis is being ironic when using this word and trying to make a joke that he is not very modern or up-to-date with his fashion or music knowledge.
small talk
“You should never meet your heroes”
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It's not clear who said this famous quote first but many people believe it was French writer Marcel Proust
jiggle
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When he raps my money doesn't 'jiggle' he means he has more money than can be counted in coins.
wiggle
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If you want to see someone 'wiggle' you want to see them dance.
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a knack
melanzane parmigiana
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otherwise
single energy
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This is a useful informal phrase that can be used to describe how you think someone is feeling or behaving without them saying anything.
More examples:
"Are you ok? You are giving off a lot of nervous energy. You don't seem very relaxed"
"He might say the right things but I don't trust him. He gives off a bad energy."
"She's lovely. She gives off a warm friendly energy".
Spicy
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Louis plays with the two meanings of spicy here. A sauce can be hot and spicy if it contains lots of flavour and a person can be spicy if they are exciting, naughty or sexy.
hypocritical
Gosh
no slack
change the mood
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Louis Theroux is an interviewer and documentary maker. He is famous for interviewing people who are unlikeable and showing their vulnerable side or how their arguments don't have logic.
He has interviewed murderers, religious fundamentalists, peadophiles, and gang members. So he's being honest when he say's talking about the most evil person he's met would probably make the conversation more dark and depressing.
documentary
puts out
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This is the verb that gives us the noun "output"
give off
Woo
hooch
harsh
rule it out
demanding
output
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Louis Theroux is trying to be funny here. Amelia Dimoldenberg is a content creator with a big Youtube following. He talks about her celebrity interviews as being 'output' rather than something artistic or creative.
red wine
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You can dish it out, but you can't take it
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"Dish it out" is a phrase that means to give somebody a bad time or insult someone when you think they deserve it. It comes from the concept of using a "dish", or a plate, when giving someone food or serving them.
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grilled thighs
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Just wondering
mind goes blank
suppose
how do you feel
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Amelia is making a joke here. She's suggesting that she is one of Louis Theroux's heroes!
are you single at the moment
eye contact
dribble
fiat
I love music
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Louis laughs after he says this because it's such an obvious thing to say - most of us love music!
Kind of
dip
insult
it folds
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When Louis raps that his money 'folds' he means his money is in paper notes and not coins e.g he has a lot of money.
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It's not quite what I was hoping for
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This is a very typical English phrase that is a very polite and good-mannered way of saying that you don't like something.
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sipping
honky tonk woman
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This phrase was made famous by a Rolling Stones song
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