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visceral kick

English translation: an emotional kick in the gut

10:11 Jun 14, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other
English term or phrase: visceral kick
Because the truth and pain of the punchline ("men are scum") comes in a slicker package, with sharper detail and more visceral kick.
ionutzavram
Romania
Local time: 03:37
Selected answer:an emotional kick in the gut
Explanation:
The stomach sinking feeling you get when you hear bad news or when getting your feelings hurt.
"Did you hear that john caught his wife cheating on him, That must have been an emotional kick in the {xxx}."
Selected response from:

Carolyn Gille
Local time: 02:37
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6an emotional kick in the gut
Carolyn Gille
4 +2so strong it produces a physical reaction
B D Finch
Summary of reference entries provided
viscera / visceral
Ildiko Santana

  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
so strong it produces a physical reaction


Explanation:
Something strong enough to make you physically feel a reaction, almost as though you had been hit in the stomach.

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"You don't feel the visceral kick of the bass drum, but you hear every other part of the sound, so you still know what it is. ..."
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" the Hayden's 68-foot-tall dome while 23 speakers provide a visceral kick."
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): Yes
14 mins
  -> Thanks Jenni
agree  Ildiko Santana
3 hrs
  -> Thanks ildiko
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
an emotional kick in the gut


Explanation:
The stomach sinking feeling you get when you hear bad news or when getting your feelings hurt.
"Did you hear that john caught his wife cheating on him, That must have been an emotional kick in the {xxx}."



    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emotional+kic...
    Reference: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/spot-a-frenemy-522152/
Carolyn Gille
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X): Very good way of putting it.
3 mins
  -> Thx Jenni ;-)
agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
  -> thx Jack!
agree  Ildiko Santana
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  British Diana: fits in well with punch-line, too
7 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  John Detre: although I think whether you experience the line as truth or pain (and hence as a kick in the gut) might depend on which side of the gender divide you fall on. Couldn't "kick" just be read as "impact" here, for good or ill?
13 hrs
  -> Hi John, and thank you. Yes, I think that we read and understand it as an impact.. but as the saying goes, 'it was a real kick in the xxx' :-)
agree  Phong Le
14 hrs
  -> Thank you Phong
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Reference comments


4 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: viscera / visceral

Reference information:
viscera - plural of viscus:
an internal organ of the body; especially : one (as the heart, liver, or intestine) located in the great cavity of the trunk proper

visceral:
1 : felt in or as if in the viscera : deep (a visceral conviction)
2 : not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning (visceral drives)
3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy (a visceral novel)
4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic (visceral organs)


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viscus
    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visceral
Ildiko Santana
United States
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  B D Finch
21 mins
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