OT- What do you think the following expression means

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Loser:
I didn't think it was Canadian. I thought it came from Illeagal Street Racing, that would be to beat someone off the blocks so badly that they are left in the smoke left by your tires.

That has been my experience as well. I am certain that it is not just Canadian in origin.

[Baron Munchausen]

The word 'smoke' can carry all of the same connotations as 'hot' by association with fire. So smokin' can be used of anything from high speed (leaving someone else in your dust, as others have said) to sexiness (surely everyone here has heard of the 'smoky' gaze?) to just plain 'excellence' at whatever is being described. A sports team can 'smoke' the opposition, but the mere fact that they are performing very well can be expressed as "they are smokin' today" -- i.e. "hot" by the association of smoke and flame/heat.

[spoon]

Canadian, sure, but are the carniverous cannibalistic Canadians? Might mean something else then...

[primitive]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
....... canadian culture...

Well,
You learn something new every day. I had no idea such a thing exsisted

[TerranC]

Originally posted by primitive:

quote:

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
....... canadian culture...

Well,
You learn something new every day. I had no idea such a thing exsisted

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I don't get it.

[Thermodyne]

Well the oldest reference I have seen with it referred to shooting people with hand guns in the early 18th century. It referred to the large amount of smoke that exited the wound. This was from the slow burning powder being forced into the wound with the round. Pistols were very short range weapons in the days before grooved barrels. This use has made it to the 21st century as a way of replacing the word "kill".

In my life it has been mostly used to describe a sound defeat in a car race. Smoked em, Blew the doors off, and Shut’em down, all meaning the same thing.

Of late the kids around here use it to acknowledge the delivery of a stinging insult.

[Kamog]

I know! Well, in my experience, "smoked him" means ... oops, I have an answer but I'll hold off on posting it, as per Tesco's request. (I live in Canada, and nobody has mentioned the "correct" answer yet. )