To: RummyChick
supergrass?
Supergrass:
3 posted on
03/15/2014 4:54:22 PM PDT by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: capydick
A ‘grass’ in the UK is a snitch.
But you knew that. ;)
6 posted on
03/15/2014 4:58:48 PM PDT by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: capydick
The word “grass” is British slang for a police informer and dates back to the 1930s. Is apparently a shortened form of the slang term “grasshopper,” meaning the same thing. “Grasshopper” itself is rhyming slang (where words rhyme with a hidden meaning) for either “copper” (police officer) or “shopper,” one who “shops” (sells) information to the police.
http://answerit.news24.com/Question/Why_is_a_snitch_called_a_grass?/35531
46 posted on
03/15/2014 5:47:29 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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