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As I am not a native speaker of English I keep wondering about the phrase:

I'm lost for stupid

Is this a real English phrase or did AE make that one up?
Meaning: 'I have no idea what's going on'?

Can someone clear this up for me, please?
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It's not a real phrase at all, nor does it make grammatical sense.
Nevertheless, the meaning would be "I'm lost because of [my own, or someone else's] stupidity".
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however

'i'm lost for words' is correct

so, for example

get tongue-tied, shy, hands are shaking
Speechless, heart slowly breaking
Oh oh baby I'm lost for words :von:
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I always took it to be a semantic bonding of "Lost for words" and "Taken for an idiot", probably amounting to some kind of confused state of uncertainty.
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i always heard i'm lost, stupid again. which i took as he's in love again and well, when one is in love... ;>
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it reminds me very much on the German phrase: "Für dumm verkauft werden".
maybe one of many references to Germany in this song? I remember a discussion about "ether" on here; an expression which just makes sense in the German translation.
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canon docre wrote:it reminds me very much on the German phrase: "Für dumm verkauft werden".
maybe one of many references to Germany in this song? I remember a discussion about "ether" on here; an expression which just makes sense in the German translation.
I like the theory that the song is about a German weather reporter. I don't know if it's accurate or not but I like it 8)
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Dark wrote:It's not a real phrase at all, nor does it make grammatical sense.
I thought so, but wasn't sure.

Thank you all.
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I understand the line as the narrator saying "I knew better, and still I got lost in love again". By the way, :von: mentioned that WATSS was relating to Leonard Cohen`s Suzanne. (as I write this, listening to Cohen`s Suzanne I have the idea that this song describes a situation similar to Flood I?) Anyway: Interesting thoughts about the song are available here.
Bloody great pieces of work, these two songs..
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WATSS is one of my favorite songs. I'm wondering what it is about? People? Feeling? Something else? I know english well, but still wondering about the song lyrics...
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I think this song is about THINKING you're in love, but in reality, you're just infatuated with someone.
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