What's the meaning of the sentence: “She's a criss-cross.”?
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Could anyone explain to me this sentence:
"She's a criss-cross."
As heard in "The limits of control" by Jim Jarmusch. I have searched for English subtitles to assure myself that I heard it right. And I did.
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Could anyone explain to me this sentence:
"She's a criss-cross."
As heard in "The limits of control" by Jim Jarmusch. I have searched for English subtitles to assure myself that I heard it right. And I did.
meaning
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I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
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Nov 3 at 22:45
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Could anyone explain to me this sentence:
"She's a criss-cross."
As heard in "The limits of control" by Jim Jarmusch. I have searched for English subtitles to assure myself that I heard it right. And I did.
meaning
edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
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asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
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Could anyone explain to me this sentence:
"She's a criss-cross."
As heard in "The limits of control" by Jim Jarmusch. I have searched for English subtitles to assure myself that I heard it right. And I did.
meaning
meaning
edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
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asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
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edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
3,08011643
asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
42
edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
3,08011643
edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
3,08011643
edited Sep 4 at 17:03
Ahmed
3,08011643
3,08011643
asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
42
asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
42
asked Sep 4 at 16:22
Filip Štěpánek
42
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I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
3
MORE CONTEXT NEEDED!!
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 at 22:45
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I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
3
MORE CONTEXT NEEDED!!
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 at 22:45
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I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
3
3
MORE CONTEXT NEEDED!!
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 at 22:45
MORE CONTEXT NEEDED!!
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 at 22:45
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From the movie script at the Scripts website (as provided in a comment to the question):
Are you interested in music, by any chance?
What else?
Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross.
No.
Yeah...
(From a comment, wait with the girl and she's a criss-cross are spoken by the same person.)
The context for the phrase does nothing to clear up what it means.
This is one of the Merriam-Webster senses of the noun crisscross:
2 : the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state
It's the only sense that seems to have any relevance when talking about a person.
If using this sense, then the dialogue would be saying that the girl is confused or conflicted.
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
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Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
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From the movie script at the Scripts website (as provided in a comment to the question):
Are you interested in music, by any chance?
What else?
Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross.
No.
Yeah...
(From a comment, wait with the girl and she's a criss-cross are spoken by the same person.)
The context for the phrase does nothing to clear up what it means.
This is one of the Merriam-Webster senses of the noun crisscross:
2 : the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state
It's the only sense that seems to have any relevance when talking about a person.
If using this sense, then the dialogue would be saying that the girl is confused or conflicted.
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
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From the movie script at the Scripts website (as provided in a comment to the question):
Are you interested in music, by any chance?
What else?
Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross.
No.
Yeah...
(From a comment, wait with the girl and she's a criss-cross are spoken by the same person.)
The context for the phrase does nothing to clear up what it means.
This is one of the Merriam-Webster senses of the noun crisscross:
2 : the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state
It's the only sense that seems to have any relevance when talking about a person.
If using this sense, then the dialogue would be saying that the girl is confused or conflicted.
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
add a comment |
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From the movie script at the Scripts website (as provided in a comment to the question):
Are you interested in music, by any chance?
What else?
Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross.
No.
Yeah...
(From a comment, wait with the girl and she's a criss-cross are spoken by the same person.)
The context for the phrase does nothing to clear up what it means.
This is one of the Merriam-Webster senses of the noun crisscross:
2 : the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state
It's the only sense that seems to have any relevance when talking about a person.
If using this sense, then the dialogue would be saying that the girl is confused or conflicted.
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
From the movie script at the Scripts website (as provided in a comment to the question):
Are you interested in music, by any chance?
What else?
Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross.
No.
Yeah...
(From a comment, wait with the girl and she's a criss-cross are spoken by the same person.)
The context for the phrase does nothing to clear up what it means.
This is one of the Merriam-Webster senses of the noun crisscross:
2 : the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state
It's the only sense that seems to have any relevance when talking about a person.
If using this sense, then the dialogue would be saying that the girl is confused or conflicted.
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
edited Sep 4 at 19:12
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
answered Sep 4 at 18:24
Jason Bassford
15k31941
15k31941
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
add a comment |
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
Thank you very much! FYI: "Wait with the girl. She's a criss-cross." is spoken by the same person.
– Filip Štěpánek
Sep 4 at 18:59
add a comment |
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I looked at the movie script and couldn't make head nor tails of it. It reads like James Joyce.
– shoover
Sep 4 at 17:21
Definitely meaningless without context.
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:33
(I'd hazard a guess that the terminology is somehow meaningful to someone familiar with popular music culture -- perhaps referring to someone who likes to cross genres.)
– Hot Licks
Oct 5 at 2:36
In English, you can say that a person or things is a criss-cross of two things. That lamp is a criss-cross of kitsch and art nouveau.
– Lambie
Nov 3 at 20:37
3
MORE CONTEXT NEEDED!!
– Hot Licks
Nov 3 at 22:45