"How now brown cow?"
"How now brown cow" is a phrase used in teaching a style of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized to demonstrate rounded vowel sounds.How now, brown cow?
Those four words roll off the tongue as a lighthearted way of asking "What's up? What's next?" And that tripping lightly stuff makes sense, since "How now, brown cow" has its origin in elocution, where the phrase was used to demonstrate properly rounded vowels.
How Now Brown Cow
How now, brown cow?
It actually means, "What's next?" I read that on the Merriam Webster Dictionary site after trying to look it up here.
How now, brown cow?
lighthearted way of asking "What's up? What's next?"
Has its roots in prohition era referring to when a keg (brown in those days) was empty, "well, what are we gonna do now..."
Has its roots in prohition era referring to when a keg (brown in those days) was empty, "well, what are we gonna do now..."
Example:
"It seems as though the rave is over, Winnifred" says Penelope.
"How now, brown cow?" says Winnfred inquisitively
"Let's get poprox!"
"It seems as though the rave is over, Winnifred" says Penelope.
"How now, brown cow?" says Winnfred inquisitively
"Let's get poprox!"
How Now Brown Cow
When someone is caught lying. How now is self explainitory. Brown Cow means that they are a liar. Works incredibly well if they are exposed for their lie.
Example:
Guy 1: Hey, I know what the capital of Illinois is. It's Chicago.
Guy 2: It's Springfield. How now brown cow?
Guy 1: Hey, I know what the capital of Illinois is. It's Chicago.
Guy 2: It's Springfield. How now brown cow?
how now brown cow
Example:
Dude did you just see that how now brown cow?
There is a how now brown cow walking this way.
Dude did you just see that how now brown cow?
There is a how now brown cow walking this way.
How now, brown cow
Whenever you make an advance towards the opposite sex and are blatantly turned down without any notification. Can happen through any median of communication ( i.e. in person at a bar, myspace/facebook/other social networking websites.)
Example:
1. "Yea, dude! I was talkin to this hot ass bitch on myspace for like three days straight...non-stop! She was diggin my shit! Then she like stopped talkin to me outta no where! I think she moved to like Dutch Pennsylvania...."
"Naw nigga! She just how now, brown cowed the shit outta you!"
1. "Yea, dude! I was talkin to this hot ass bitch on myspace for like three days straight...non-stop! She was diggin my shit! Then she like stopped talkin to me outta no where! I think she moved to like Dutch Pennsylvania...."
"Naw nigga! She just how now, brown cowed the shit outta you!"