Talk:100% negro

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100% negro

@Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

The idiomatic element is the 100%. You can use any combination of “100% [adjective]” or “100% [noun]” to express pride in being or being involved in something. I say delete. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 04:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

• Can "100%" really mean "proud", and not just "thoroughly"? Equinox ◑ 04:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Yes, same as with the prefix "all-" but it is still a sum of parts. "100%;" "110%" Nicole Sharp (talk) 05:02, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
    • It's a moot point. "100%" can mean proud with respect to any characteristic. 100% Irish; 100% Democrat; 100% fireman. bd2412 T 01:42, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 10:49, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
    • I created that page myself in 2010, but now I am having second thoughts. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 11:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• Depends if it really means 'proud' not 'completely'. Also, I assumed this was English until I clicked on it, makes a bit more sense now. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:47, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• "Proud" strikes me as an implication in context depending on the identity and attitude of the speaker. It could be used "neutrally" or possibly pejoratively. Many, many words change their meaning in a similar way in context. Delete. DCDuring TALK 19:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Too ambiguous. --Diego Grez-Cañete (talk) 23:08, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
• Delete. This only works in the first person: if I were to describe someone else as 100% negro, that wouldn't mean that they were proud, but it might mean I was proud of them. This demonstrates that the given definition has no lexical grounding whatsoever. One can infer that someone is proud of their race by the fact that they use the phrase, but that's not the meaning of the phrase. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:09, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
• Delete per above.Sonofcawdrey (talk) 08:46, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
• I see no reason not to think that "100%" collocates with as many words in Portuguese as it does in English (bd gives English examples, above), so delete per DCDuring and Chuck Entz. - -sche (discuss) 06:58, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
• Delete. Any number of phrases could be created in the same manner with precisely the same range of possible meanings. Nothing that couldn't be understood from the words themselves. P Aculeius (talk) 16:27, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

100% deleted -- Liliana • 12:49, 30 October 2015 (UTC)