buck the system

Cita

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Life in high school sucks. I bucked the system. I also got lucky. “

- Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong on not finishing high school. (Rolling Stone)

Definición

1. Definición - Study the definition.

to do something different than what is expected; to resist authority

2. Usar - Learn how the slang is used.

Have you heard of a bucking bronco? It’s a crazy, wild horse that is difficult to ride because it keeps trying to throw you off.

Some people are sort of like that. They don’t want to cooperate or do what’s expected of them. Sometimes people who buck the system end up in jail or on drugs. Other times it works out well for them. A lot of rich and famous people got where they are by bucking the system.

Billie Joe Armstrong dropped out of high school. He bucked the system and did things his own way, and he wound up becoming a rock star. But he knows that he was very lucky. A lot of people who don’t finish high school are miserable and poor because they chose to buck the system.

The system generally refers to any sort of large organization or tradition. If you start a company and do things differently than all the other companies in the industry, you’re bucking the system. When a boy does things differently than his parents would like, he’s bucking the system too.

Ejemplos

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“Look, you can go through life lonely and bucking the system or you can compromise a little and make things easier for yourself. Which is it gonna be? “

“My uncle is always bucking the system. He doesn’t pay taxes or have a driver’s license or credit card.
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Ganadores

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

	Not moving along with something as the usual way. por getchar
	it is to fight against the usual way of doing something por abuhaseeb
	It means "opposing rules or authority".. por soporificmusic
	Billie fought against the the usual way of dropping our of high school. (so I guess "bucked the system" means to do something to fignt the ususal way.) he is lucky indeed for his great band Green Day. por ciciel
	to buck the system is to disagree and get angry towards it por juliebabe
	to oppose the system, to rebel por Pavlionka
	Don't follow the rules. por epicatin
	to fight against the usual way of doing something por nada161284
	to oppose something in a direct way! por mana-gh
	to fight against the usual way of doing something por redone007
	DIDN'T FOLLOW THE ROUTINE THE SCHOOL SUGGEST por Mandy-chou
	bucked the system=opposed rules or authority por musicalmaniac
	It means to fight against the normal way of doing something. por katara
	decide not to participate in an activity (or a way of doing things) that is considered normal and that the majority accepts and does. por jana.czech
	he don't pay attention to the school rules por dofkele15
	to oppose rules and be disobedient. por Ala'a hamadeh

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