The English We Speak: -coded
Learning English Conversations
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đď¸ 10 November 2025
âąď¸ 3 minutes
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Summary
Eating beans and chips for dinner is very student-coded. Learn a different meaning of the word 'coded'.
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| 0:26.6 | Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we explain expressions used by fluent English |
| 0:33.2 | speakers so that you can use them too. |
| 0:35.9 | I'm Faye Faye and I'm joined by Georgie. How are you? |
| 0:38.8 | I'm very well, thank you. Faye Faye, how are you? I'm very well too, thank you. So Georgie, |
| 0:43.5 | what are we learning in this program? We are learning an interesting use of the word |
| 0:48.4 | coded because it's something my friend has started using a lot and has become quite popular on the internet. |
| 0:54.4 | Okay, well, why don't you tell us about a typical way your friend might use coded? |
| 1:00.2 | Sure. So, this friend in particular loves sending me internet videos and memes. |
| 1:05.8 | So imagine she sends me a video where she thinks the person in it is similar to me. |
| 1:11.7 | She might say something like, this is so you coded. |
| 1:15.2 | And that just means the person in the video matches my traits in some way. |
| 1:18.8 | They're similar to me. |
| 1:19.9 | Ah, okay, so the person in the video might be a little clumsy, forgetful and a little bit silly? |
| 1:28.7 | Faye, Faye! Well, yes, fine. Now, it's not always about a person being similar. It could be a thing with a similar vibe or aesthetic. |
| 1:37.8 | Do you have any examples of this, Faye? Well, you know, I love bright, intense colours, and I saw some paintings the other day in a shop, |
| 1:46.1 | and I thought, wow, those are so me-coded. They were very me. |
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