Horse said:
Perhaps a good example of the quote: “Britain and America are two nations
divided by a common language.”
Because... Ian Glendinning wrote:
..I was talking about the sense of someone "being precious ... about
something". [Ian's original question] = does the English use of the word
"precious" translate into US / abroad? As in one person describing another as
being "precious" or "precious about X"? "Precious about X-thing" I don't recall
reading or hearing here. The phrase "He/she is so precious" is occasionally
used, usually by doting mothers or grandmothers to refer their young children
meaning something like "precociously endearing"
dmb says:
What you've probably encountered is a sarcastic kind of slang. It means the
person is being too picky, too fussy or taking themselves too seriously. I once
heard someone insult Boulder, Colorado by saying, "it's a little too precious."
It can also be used in a condescending way, wherein you say "isn't that
precious?" in the same way you'd say it to a three year-old child. It's a
sarcastic way of mocking self-importance or some other misplacement of values.
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