play about
(slang, AAVE) To trifle with or be frivolous concerning.
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In case you didn’t see, Radio 4 Extra are repeating the 2008 play about Delia on Thursday 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
The Music Man is a play about the spatiotemporally combined and uneven development of overlapping distribution networks for both goods (Gotta Know the Territory, Wells Fargo Wagon; tho thcrumpthious) and knowledge (li…
NEXT WEEK FIVE A play about the stories we tell ourselves - about monsters, about love, about who we really are when no one's watching 📅 12 - 16 May 📍 @LandUTheatre.bsky.social 🎟️ Tkts: buff.ly/guAf80T #theat…
god it was all so fun to play about with 😭 no social media site feels like this anymore & they never will unless people suddenly become unafraid to exchange minimalism for a bit of gaudiness and tomfoolery
Back in the day I did a touring play about diversity called the black-jew dialogues and one of our segments was "JEW OR NOT" where we had people guess if celebrities are Jewish and 90 percent of the time weird al got…
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(slang, AAVE) To trifle with or be frivolous concerning.
“We?” Byrd questioned, looking confused. “Yes, we, muthafucka!” Big Lee replied sarcastically. “You're my child now, and I don't play about mine!
“In case you didn’t see, Radio 4 Extra are repeating the 2008 play about Delia on Thursday 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Music Man is a play about the spatiotemporally combined and uneven development of overlapping distribution networks for both goods (Gotta Know the Territory, Wells Fargo Wagon; tho thcrumpthious) and knowledge (libraries, colleges, gossip, tableaux vivants).”
— Bluesky· May 2026“NEXT WEEK FIVE A play about the stories we tell ourselves - about monsters, about love, about who we really are when no one's watching 📅 12 - 16 May 📍 @LandUTheatre.bsky.social 🎟️ Tkts: buff.ly/guAf80T #theatre #fringe #truecrime #kentishtown”
— Bluesky· May 2026“god it was all so fun to play about with 😭 no social media site feels like this anymore & they never will unless people suddenly become unafraid to exchange minimalism for a bit of gaudiness and tomfoolery”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Back in the day I did a touring play about diversity called the black-jew dialogues and one of our segments was "JEW OR NOT" where we had people guess if celebrities are Jewish and 90 percent of the time weird al got em. Just overwhelming Jewish energy frankly.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
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