Jun 17, 2022 13:51
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English term

You're not smooth when you're hungry.

English Marketing Food & Drink
You're not smooth when you're hungry.

https://www.facebook.com/snickers/videos/451379022388018/

Any explanation as to its meaning, cultural references and marketing message in context?

Discussion

Daryo Jun 19, 2022:
That sticker disappeared now.
Daryo Jun 17, 2022:
Just curious ... what "being in bad mood when you're hungry" has specifically to do with COVID-19???

Otherwise being hungry would improve your sunny disposition?

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you're not cool when you're hungry

I don't feel Emily's answer fully explains the meaning.

Being smooth isn't just about making something look easy. It basically means the same as "cool", but with slightly negative undertones. The old James Bond was smooth: as witty and fearless as he was, he was also a ladies' man, and sometimes he could grate on you.

Smooth
Excessively and often artfully suave: ingratiating.
a smooth operator
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smooth

So the brand is partly poking fun at itself here.

The other important point is that "smooth" is also a reference to the texture of the Snickers bar.

Good luck translating that into Arabic!
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agree P.L.F. Persio : Great answer, Phil!
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agree Brent Sørensen
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agree Martyn Greenan
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agree David Hollywood : vn Phil and gets my vote
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agree Alison MacG : not smooth = awkward, uncool. Ad campaign "Unsmooth moments" https://www.thestable.com.au/bbdo-ny-snickers-youre-not-smoo... https://www.lbbonline.com/news/bbdo-new-york-helps-smooth-th...
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to make a hard skill look easy

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smooth

"used when someone does something of skill and makes it look easy"

"meaning a hard skill made to look easy"

The guy in the video failed to look "smooth" as he ripped his jeans.
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You are edgy when you are hungry.

You are tense, irritable, not easygoing, anxious, nervous, troubled, upset, worried.

Not all of the above, of course. It may depend on the context which one to use.

Smooth and edgy fit each other nicely in the opposite sense.
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Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood : and this is good too
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agree Daryo : simply
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agree P.L.F. Persio
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agree Anastasia Kalantzi
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agree Hakki Ucar
2 days 21 hrs
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