Meaning of “For Brokes”
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I want to know if the use of "For Brokes" mean what I think because I'm not a native person.
If I want to sell things to people withouth money (broke person), the things that I sell are really cheap so the I could use the phrase "Things for brokes", but I want people to get it only with "For Brokes".
It makes sense? Thanks in advise :)
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I want to know if the use of "For Brokes" mean what I think because I'm not a native person.
If I want to sell things to people withouth money (broke person), the things that I sell are really cheap so the I could use the phrase "Things for brokes", but I want people to get it only with "For Brokes".
It makes sense? Thanks in advise :)
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If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
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There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday
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If I want to sell things to people withouth money (broke person), the things that I sell are really cheap so the I could use the phrase "Things for brokes", but I want people to get it only with "For Brokes".
It makes sense? Thanks in advise :)
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I want to know if the use of "For Brokes" mean what I think because I'm not a native person.
If I want to sell things to people withouth money (broke person), the things that I sell are really cheap so the I could use the phrase "Things for brokes", but I want people to get it only with "For Brokes".
It makes sense? Thanks in advise :)
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If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
1
There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday
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If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
1
There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday
If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
1
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There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday
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My intuition says that "broke" as a noun is not very common, and this is confirmed by it not being listed at wiktionary or any other online dictionary I could find (dictionary.com, collinsdictionary.com etc).
Building on this, I think the plural "brokes" sounds quite strange as well.
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If they are truly broke they don't have any money, what your implying is difficult since if I tried "Buy me you vagrants" or Buy me you paupers" , "Perfect for the ne'er-do-well." I could be sure of a flaming back lash.
The nearest I can quickly think of and likely to be mildly acceptable is
"Designed for the less well off" or "less prosperous"
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People usually won’t be very attracted to hearing themselves described as ‘broke’ - as that is an undesirable trait. So that could repel your customers. And you can’t say ‘brokes’ to describe such people, it is not idiomatic (not in use in English).
How about turning ‘broke’ into a more positive trait, like ‘thrifty’? Thrifty means ‘careful with money; keen on saving money’ so it’s a more appealing way of describing it.
You could say ‘great value items for the thrifty’.
Alternatively you can use ‘broke’ - but soften it with humour, and by directly (but politely) ‘naming the problem’ as in: ‘flat broke? We have great deals for you!’ In this one, we haven’t identified your customers as being ‘broke people’ (which implies a permanent condition and is thus not very... polite!) Instead we suggest that the condition is temporary - flat broke? (- at the moment - implied) and (hurrah!) we offer them a way out - by letting them buy your lower priced products.
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My intuition says that "broke" as a noun is not very common, and this is confirmed by it not being listed at wiktionary or any other online dictionary I could find (dictionary.com, collinsdictionary.com etc).
Building on this, I think the plural "brokes" sounds quite strange as well.
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My intuition says that "broke" as a noun is not very common, and this is confirmed by it not being listed at wiktionary or any other online dictionary I could find (dictionary.com, collinsdictionary.com etc).
Building on this, I think the plural "brokes" sounds quite strange as well.
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My intuition says that "broke" as a noun is not very common, and this is confirmed by it not being listed at wiktionary or any other online dictionary I could find (dictionary.com, collinsdictionary.com etc).
Building on this, I think the plural "brokes" sounds quite strange as well.
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My intuition says that "broke" as a noun is not very common, and this is confirmed by it not being listed at wiktionary or any other online dictionary I could find (dictionary.com, collinsdictionary.com etc).
Building on this, I think the plural "brokes" sounds quite strange as well.
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If they are truly broke they don't have any money, what your implying is difficult since if I tried "Buy me you vagrants" or Buy me you paupers" , "Perfect for the ne'er-do-well." I could be sure of a flaming back lash.
The nearest I can quickly think of and likely to be mildly acceptable is
"Designed for the less well off" or "less prosperous"
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KJO
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If they are truly broke they don't have any money, what your implying is difficult since if I tried "Buy me you vagrants" or Buy me you paupers" , "Perfect for the ne'er-do-well." I could be sure of a flaming back lash.
The nearest I can quickly think of and likely to be mildly acceptable is
"Designed for the less well off" or "less prosperous"
answered yesterday
KJO
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If they are truly broke they don't have any money, what your implying is difficult since if I tried "Buy me you vagrants" or Buy me you paupers" , "Perfect for the ne'er-do-well." I could be sure of a flaming back lash.
The nearest I can quickly think of and likely to be mildly acceptable is
"Designed for the less well off" or "less prosperous"
answered yesterday
KJO
1,117110
If they are truly broke they don't have any money, what your implying is difficult since if I tried "Buy me you vagrants" or Buy me you paupers" , "Perfect for the ne'er-do-well." I could be sure of a flaming back lash.
The nearest I can quickly think of and likely to be mildly acceptable is
"Designed for the less well off" or "less prosperous"
answered yesterday
KJO
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People usually won’t be very attracted to hearing themselves described as ‘broke’ - as that is an undesirable trait. So that could repel your customers. And you can’t say ‘brokes’ to describe such people, it is not idiomatic (not in use in English).
How about turning ‘broke’ into a more positive trait, like ‘thrifty’? Thrifty means ‘careful with money; keen on saving money’ so it’s a more appealing way of describing it.
You could say ‘great value items for the thrifty’.
Alternatively you can use ‘broke’ - but soften it with humour, and by directly (but politely) ‘naming the problem’ as in: ‘flat broke? We have great deals for you!’ In this one, we haven’t identified your customers as being ‘broke people’ (which implies a permanent condition and is thus not very... polite!) Instead we suggest that the condition is temporary - flat broke? (- at the moment - implied) and (hurrah!) we offer them a way out - by letting them buy your lower priced products.
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People usually won’t be very attracted to hearing themselves described as ‘broke’ - as that is an undesirable trait. So that could repel your customers. And you can’t say ‘brokes’ to describe such people, it is not idiomatic (not in use in English).
How about turning ‘broke’ into a more positive trait, like ‘thrifty’? Thrifty means ‘careful with money; keen on saving money’ so it’s a more appealing way of describing it.
You could say ‘great value items for the thrifty’.
Alternatively you can use ‘broke’ - but soften it with humour, and by directly (but politely) ‘naming the problem’ as in: ‘flat broke? We have great deals for you!’ In this one, we haven’t identified your customers as being ‘broke people’ (which implies a permanent condition and is thus not very... polite!) Instead we suggest that the condition is temporary - flat broke? (- at the moment - implied) and (hurrah!) we offer them a way out - by letting them buy your lower priced products.
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People usually won’t be very attracted to hearing themselves described as ‘broke’ - as that is an undesirable trait. So that could repel your customers. And you can’t say ‘brokes’ to describe such people, it is not idiomatic (not in use in English).
How about turning ‘broke’ into a more positive trait, like ‘thrifty’? Thrifty means ‘careful with money; keen on saving money’ so it’s a more appealing way of describing it.
You could say ‘great value items for the thrifty’.
Alternatively you can use ‘broke’ - but soften it with humour, and by directly (but politely) ‘naming the problem’ as in: ‘flat broke? We have great deals for you!’ In this one, we haven’t identified your customers as being ‘broke people’ (which implies a permanent condition and is thus not very... polite!) Instead we suggest that the condition is temporary - flat broke? (- at the moment - implied) and (hurrah!) we offer them a way out - by letting them buy your lower priced products.
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People usually won’t be very attracted to hearing themselves described as ‘broke’ - as that is an undesirable trait. So that could repel your customers. And you can’t say ‘brokes’ to describe such people, it is not idiomatic (not in use in English).
How about turning ‘broke’ into a more positive trait, like ‘thrifty’? Thrifty means ‘careful with money; keen on saving money’ so it’s a more appealing way of describing it.
You could say ‘great value items for the thrifty’.
Alternatively you can use ‘broke’ - but soften it with humour, and by directly (but politely) ‘naming the problem’ as in: ‘flat broke? We have great deals for you!’ In this one, we haven’t identified your customers as being ‘broke people’ (which implies a permanent condition and is thus not very... polite!) Instead we suggest that the condition is temporary - flat broke? (- at the moment - implied) and (hurrah!) we offer them a way out - by letting them buy your lower priced products.
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If I met "things for brokes", I would be puzzled about what it could possibly mean. I would probably guess, but it is not an English expression.
– Colin Fine
yesterday
Neither Merriam-Webster nor Oxford Dictionaries provide a definition for the noun broke. It's only a verb or an adjective. Therefore, you could say I sell to broke people or these things are meant for broke people. But for brokes is completely unnatural.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
As others have said, "broke" is not used as a noun in English, so "things for brokes" makes no sense. If I heard it, I would probably think it meant you were selling broken things (but you wouldn't say it like that either).
– Mike Harris
yesterday
1
There is the idiom "going for broke", but it has a meaning different from what you apparently want.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I agree, it's not clear. Also note that go for broke (no -s) is a set phrase, meaning something like "put everything on the line for your strongest possible effort". Famously the motto of the WWII Japanese American 442nd Regiment. So anything "for brokes" is going to recall that saying for some people, which will further confuse the issue.
– 1006a
yesterday