Re: CHAT: SWP anecdotes (was: RE: (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 11, 2000, 0:51 |
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Barry Garcia wrote:
> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >But what does that mean? To "bogart" something?
> >
>
> It's a slang term for "not sharing something enough". Like "dont bogart
> the remote, dude!" means "Please, let others use the remote for once, good
> sir!"
That is true. But originally it was only marijuana cigarettes that could
be "bogarted", by smoking them down to the very end. This in turn
referred to Humphrey Bogart's habit of smoking (tobacco) cigarettes
down to the last millimeter.
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