A Rant In Progress.....

[Thernlund]

Although I was arguing earlier that language drift/change is inevitable (and indeed makes language much more interesting in the long run and reflects cultural changes), it IS a democratic process...discussions like this, too, are important.

Cultural change is a democratic process.

Well... that's it for me kids. I'm out. (...of the thread.)


-T.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Yenchisks, I am the real Dave. Not that real Dave, though.

Nor do I play keyboards for sundry rock groups nor Irish football.

Google can mislead people....

Larry, we all make mistakes. In this case,a happy ending.

WW will not shoot shotguns much. She got hammered once not long after we met and utterly refused to shoot any until recently. She has gone out with a 20 gauge 391 at PGC a bit.

 

[PJR]

I'm talking just the word 'gauge', as in: "For HD, I keep my gauge loaded with...", or something similar.

For the etymologists among us (people who study word origins) the first published use of the term "gauge" was in the 80's movie "Colors," a movie about LA gangs. A police officer performing a search said he found a "gauge." IIRC, it was a PGO Ithaca Model 37.

"Shotty" was and is used by various rap artists. The first use of the term "shotty" might have been in the song "Big Gun" by the rap singer now actor Ice-T.

The poster that termed the phrase "shotgun eubonics" was right on the mark.

 

[1KPerDay]

Dave, just for this I'm not going to let you shoot my Tommy gun.

 

[BruceRDucer]

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[re Socrates] "He also, word has it, made his students exercise with the wrestling team."----Conwict

Ho ho ho ho ho! (yikes! and ouch!)