I have heard many times from many people saying 'it is love' or 'French is love' or 'Baltimore is love'. What does it exactly mean? Shouldn't they use lovely instead.?
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From what people do you hear this? Are they native speakers of English? – StoneyB on hiatus Apr 15 '14 at 21:11
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No, they are not. – Zain Shaikh Apr 16 '14 at 12:00
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I think then you should ask them what they mean. This is not an ordinary English expression. – StoneyB on hiatus Apr 16 '14 at 12:21
This is a metaphor. A more concrete metaphor would be:
George is a big teddy bear.
George is not literally a big teddy bear; he exhibits the qualities of a big teddy bear. In the same way:
Baltimore is love
means Baltimore exhibits the qualities of love.
(Having lived in Baltimore, I can't say I agree with this metaphor, except in that it exhibits insane jealous rages, tunnel vision, and a damn-the-consequences attitude).
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Have you heard people use this phrase metaphorically? I haven't heard anyone say random city is love. Maybe I just ignore it, because it doesn't make sense to me? Random city is heaven I've heard, but not love. – Mike Apr 16 '14 at 3:38
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