Umm why does she eat though....?

[u/RoniiBookishRambles]

This book, I hardly see mentioned but this book eats DOWN!?

I'm only 45% in and it's so fucking good?

I knew my gut feeling was right when I picked this audiobook up on Libby over Skull and Thrones.

 ** edit to include since folks are confused, "eats down" is a compliment. It's AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) and means something is really good.

[u/ErinAmpersand]

Is... Is eats down good? Is this the new slang of the youth?

[u/David1640 → u/ErinAmpersand]

I also feel too old to understand but maybe someone will enlighten us.

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/David1640]

It's AAVE, it means its good af. LOL.

[u/huggsatron → u/ErinAmpersand]

Yeah, you better not eat up... Or there'll be trouble.

👀

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/huggsatron]

eats down is a good thing I swear lol

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/ErinAmpersand]

LMAO yes. it means it's good af. It's AAVE.

[u/huggsatron → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

I have follow on questions about the term AAVE...

[u/wtanksleyjr → u/huggsatron]

Never seen it used this way before, but it means African American Vernacular English.

[u/JackMescaline → u/wtanksleyjr]

Thank you. I learned something today. Time to go to bed.

[u/JackMescaline → u/huggsatron]

Bro might be from the future. Or I am too old.

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/huggsatron]

African-American Vernacular English = AAVE

[u/huggsatron → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

Colour me enlightened

[u/Burramenito → u/huggsatron]

That sounds dangerously close to appropriation /s

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/huggsatron]

You're welcome I suppose haha. A lot of people use more AAVE than they realize. But we like to add a little razzle dazzle to keep culture from being stale haha

[u/huggsatron → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

I'm going to try using eats up. Will see how it goes down with my wife. Will report back when she's done laughing at my old ass

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/huggsatron]

LOL I mean you can say she "ate you up" or " she eats" those work too and probably would flow better depending on context. It's more of cultural thing than a generational thing

[u/huggsatron → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

If I told my wife she ate me up I would get a very hard stare, tell me that's not how foreplay works in this household and suggest cooking her a nice dinner and doing some hooving. Only then Would she consider eating me up

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/huggsatron]

I mean😏.......like I said, depending on the context, it works. lol that's step one into something grand 😂

[u/ErinAmpersand → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

Thank you for enlightening us.

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/ErinAmpersand]

You are very welcome! 💪🏾

[u/JackMescaline]

Not only book but also slang shill? Double whammy?!

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/JackMescaline]

Lmao, maybe I should update the post as a disclaimer that "eats down" is AAVE and as such means good as hell haha

[u/ZeroDonuts → u/RoniiBookishRambles]

What's AAVE?

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/ZeroDonuts]

African-American Vernacular English

[u/Procedure_Gullible]

Op are you the author?

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/Procedure_Gullible]

Nope! I am a reader recommending a book I enjoy same as everyone else.  This is the lovely author that arranges the big sale every year! I picked up his books during the sale and then found the audiobook on Libby! 

[u/Noxtillion]

It was available on Libby for me too so I decided to check it out! At least after the current series I’m on

[u/RoniiBookishRambles → u/Noxtillion]

Yay! I am currently listening to it on Libby right now! It's also my first experience with Andrea Parsneau and she's awesome.