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OT: snag and troll, was: Rant about degres Celsius

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 7:31
Muke Tever wrote:
> "Snag" as I know it means what happens when fabric is dragged past a hook
[...] I know someone who uses `snag' as a slang equivalent of `pick up', as in "I'll swing by later and snag that book from you." `Snag' appeared in this thread as some kind of response to `troll' -- those words both appear in fishing. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/