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spoiled rotten

Date: Oct 22 2003

Quote

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“I thought, maybe I should show a different side of me, ‘cause everyone assumes I’m like this spoiled rotten girl who couldn’t do anything. And I thought, Why can’t I work at McDonald’s? Or work on a farm? It’s something I’ll never get to experience ever. So we did it for four weeks.”
- Paris Hilton, Hilton Hotels heiress, actress, model and designer, talking about being in the reality TV show The Simple Life.

Definition

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given everything one wants in life; extremely pampered

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

“Spoiled” is a very important term to know, because it applies to many people. A person who is “spoiled” has been given everything s/he wanted when s/he was a child (usually by his/her parents). Because of this, the person is unable to work hard for the things s/he wants. S/he expects to get everything s/he wants forever, without having to work hard to get it.
Paris Hilton is lucky, because her family has lots of money and she’ll always be rich. However, many other spoiled people aren’t so fortunate. They may have been “spoiled” when they were children, but when they get older they have to provide for themselves. That can be very difficult.

Examples

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””Marie is spoiled rotten. I’m so tired of her. She’s always complaining about how life is so hard and how she doesn’t have enough money and on and on. She just needs to learn that she’s not always going to get everything she wants in this life. It’s just not that easy.”“

””I was really spoiled when I was a kid. I was an only child, so my parents bought me lots of toys and pretty much let me do anything I wanted. I think I’m OK now though. I realize that things aren’t as easy now.”“

””Dude, you’re so spoiled. Your girlfriend does everything for you. She cooks dinner for you every night. She does all your laundry. She cleans the whole house every week. Is there anything she doesn’t do for you?”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

have never had to struggle for anything, have had an easy life with everything I always wanted, get what I want every time I even think about it.
by penny (Taipei, Taiwan)
somebody is over doted on, and maybe has a lot of shortcomings such as unruliness, self-indulgence… with low ablity to manage things.
by Vicky (Shunde, China)
Because of the richness and trained for nothing to survive in the ordinary life, so become useless.
by Jingjing (Beijing, China)
The one who is useless or can not get anything done because he/she grows up in a too cozy environment and gets overindulgence, which makes he/she take everything as deserved.
by zheng (Ann Arbor, USA)
The word is used to describe a lovely girl who was spoiled by her family members and seemed to be able to do nothing.
by Victory (Chongqing, China)
If someone is spoiled rotten, s/he is not only stuck up, but, also, thinks s/he is better than others.
by André (Sorocaba, Brazil)
Describe somebody who has no capability
by Sam (Hong Kong, China)
Spoiled, overprotected, oversolicituded.
by Rui (Tianjin, China)
spoiled rotten means someone lack in experience of work. no any bread and butter skills, can’t do anything well. or says someone grows up in a good environment, be loved, be spoiled, never think about things independently, an immature and dependent person
by Mary (DongGuan, China)
I guess “spoiled rotten” means clumsy, unmindful when doing sth. This leads someone to isolation in the public.
by Khang Huynh (HCMC, Vietnam)
as a powerless girl who couldnt do things well; being looked down on; cannot be a successful woman
by janice (Hong Kong, China)