To: wideawake
Well that makes sense...it should have occurred to me. Funny though that this "hip" writer, steeped in au courant gossip, would use an apparently antiquated term.
56 posted on
11/15/2005 12:33:14 PM PST by
macamadamia
(The great dangerous non-sequitur du jour: oil-independence will stop terrorism.)
To: macamadamia
It's used all the time as verbal shorthand in NYC.
I'm sure 90% of the people who use it in everyday conversation are unaware of its provenance.
63 posted on
11/15/2005 12:37:15 PM PST by
wideawake
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