{"id":4863,"date":"2016-12-23T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2018-12-13T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T06:56:08","slug":"prancer-prancing-prancercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/prancer-prancing-prancercise\/","title":{"rendered":"prancer, prancing &#038; prancercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>one of the eight reindeer mentioned in the famous christmas poem <em><strong>a visit from st. nicholas<\/strong><\/em> (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>the night before christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/span>)\u00a0and at the beginning of\u00a0the song <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/rudolph-the-rest-of-the-reindeer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rudolph the red-nosed reindeer<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is <em><strong>prancer<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4966\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/a-visit-from-st.-nicholas-reindeer-300x168.png\" alt=\"santa's sleigh and reindeer\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/a-visit-from-st.-nicholas-reindeer-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/a-visit-from-st.-nicholas-reindeer-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/a-visit-from-st.-nicholas-reindeer-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/a-visit-from-st.-nicholas-reindeer.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>one of those eight reindeer is prancer.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun esl practice\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=668\" alt=\":)\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>a 1989 movie told the story of an 8-year-old girl finding prancer\u00a0and helping him return to santa claus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prancer Official Trailer #1 - Sam Elliott Movie (1989) Movie HD\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zm69dRGRLiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at :48 in the prancer trailer, jessica, the protagonist of the movie, observes that prancer is<\/p>\n<h4>probably <em>used to being<\/em> around people<\/h4>\n<p>this means that prancer is <em>accustomed to it<\/em>. it&#8217;s normal to him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4914\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer.png 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em style=\"color: #020202; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\">carol believes that jessica saw a deer, but she doesn&#8217;t believe that it flies.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>at 1:00 jessica tells her friend carol and her brother steve\u00a0that nobody\u00a0in the town can know that prancer is there. \u00a0steve reassures her<\/p>\n<h4>don&#8217;t worry. i wouldn&#8217;t want anybody to <em>find out<\/em> you&#8217;re <em>nuts<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>find out<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>means <em>discover. <strong>nuts<\/strong> <\/em>is another way to say <em>crazy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4960\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-kinds-of-nuts-298x300.png\" alt=\"3 kinds of nuts\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-kinds-of-nuts-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-kinds-of-nuts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/3-kinds-of-nuts.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>3 kinds of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nuts<\/span>: do u know the difference? (onsizzle.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>at 1:05, jessica&#8217;s dad says that a deer <em>might have been eating<\/em> their little trees, a hypothetical example in the past (<strong>third conditional<\/strong>&#8211;might + have + past participle).\u00a0the announcer\u00a0uses the same structure starting at 1:20 when he says<\/p>\n<h4>who<em> could have known<\/em> how much one deer could do to her home, her town and her family?<\/h4>\n<p>at 1:10, jessica says this to prancer<\/p>\n<h4><em>i bet<\/em> santa doesn&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll get back in time. <em>i better let him know<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/a-bad-night-for-ryan-lochte-in-rio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>i bet<\/strong><\/em><\/a> indicates that jessica believes this to be true. \u00a0<em><strong>i better let him know<\/strong><\/em> is jessica telling herself\u00a0that it&#8217;s important\/necessary (<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/michelle-obamas-carpool-karaoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>better<\/em> as a modal<\/a>) for her to <em>notify<\/em>\u00a0or <em>inform<\/em> santa claus (let him know).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4965 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-poster-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"prancer movie poster\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-poster-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-poster-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-poster-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-poster-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>does the trailer make u want to see the movie? \u00a0probably not. \u00a0and it doesn&#8217;t give any\u00a0idea what the name prancer means either.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>prance<\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0described in this video from <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the richyrocks youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"prance\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w4yzKKnwoe0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>as explained\u00a0at :08, <em><strong>prance<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is how <em>a horse walks or trots<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>screw<\/strong> <\/em>the description\u00a0at :18, means <em>forget <\/em>about it, the visual of the lady prancercising is more useful for understanding the meaning of <em>prancing<\/em>. <em>screw<\/em>\u00a0is often a softer, nicer substitute for <em>fuck<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>at 1:00 <em><strong>break that out<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>use it\u00a0<\/em>or <em>do it<\/em> in reference to the prancercise explained in the vid.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4954\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-prancing-elites-project-premiere-kentrell-collins-interview-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"the prancing elites\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-prancing-elites-project-premiere-kentrell-collins-interview-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-prancing-elites-project-premiere-kentrell-collins-interview.jpeg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prancing<\/span><\/em> elites are an african-american, gay &amp; non-gender conforming dance squad. (oxygen)<\/h6>\n<p><em>prance<\/em> can also mean to <em>move around while making extravagant movements<\/em>. it is a word that has come to be associated with being gay.<\/p>\n<p>in this clip from the <strong>weekend update<\/strong> on <strong>saturday night live<\/strong>, an american sketch comedy show,\u00a0<strong>kenan thompson<\/strong> portrays santa claus.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4863-1\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>at 1:29, in response to whether or not he is angry when people insist that santa claus is white, \u00a0santa tells anchor <strong>cecily strong<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>people wanna believe the reality that&#8217;s most comfortable to them. they don&#8217;t wanna live in a world where santa&#8217;s black and one of his reindeer&#8217;s gay.<\/h4>\n<p>santa then confirms that prancer is the gay reindeer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4962\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kenan-thompson-santa-claus-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kenan-thompson-santa-claus-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kenan-thompson-santa-claus-1.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>kenan thompson as santa claus<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>and similar to the <em><strong>prancer<\/strong><\/em> trailer\u00a0above, this vid also has an example of\u00a0<em>be used to<\/em> at\u00a0:45<\/p>\n<h4>a white guy taking credit for something a black guy did. i&#8217;m more\u00a0<em>used to it<\/em> than ok with it.<\/h4>\n<p>this cartoon shows two of santa&#8217;s reindeer <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/jennifer-aniston-is-fed-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>gossiping<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (talking about other people&#8217;s personal business) about prancer <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/hillary-clinton-emails-on-anthony-weiners-laptop-so-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>coming out<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>(openly telling people that he is gay ).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4917\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-1-300x207.png\" alt=\"prancer came out\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/prancer-1.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>the other reindeer were not surprised when prancer\u00a0<u>came out<\/u>.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>does prancercising look like fun, effective exercise? 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