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I'm in no way Yiddish, but, shouldn't that have been "oy vey?" Either way,
it's the shiznit! In the words of the famous Paul Harvey, "....and now you
know the rest of the skinny."
Heirloom, old and something ain't quite right.
BTW, I will be holding Mr. Jack Martinelli, MS-MVP, hostage, starting Friday
morning. If anyone would like to contribute to his release fund...post back
here. <g> Gonna keep him on a diet of cheap Texas wine and chili......talk
about a pressurized cabin on his flight home!
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shiznit
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http://www.brendonwilson.com/profile/000129.shtml
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> BTW: It does sound like Yiddish, oy yey ;-)
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> Dave
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> "heirloom" <heirloom@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
> news:utUzRRgGFHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> | I think that would have been James "Cagney"......and I think you are
> | correct. Now you have to enlighten me about "shiznit".........sounds
like a
> | Jewish swear word. (if anyone here is Jewish, it's a
> | joke......har........no offense intended). BTW, I loved the "first time
I
> | visited California last."
> | Heirloom, old and thinks Imodium will cure the
> | shiznits.
> |
> | "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:eqYao%23XGFHA.428@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> | > In news:eyDAKwWGFHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> | > heirloom <heirloom@nospamatall.com> had this to say:
> | >
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> | > > LOL. I don't remember where I picked that up and I, too, am an
> | > > American, even worse, a Texan, by virtue of homestead. "Skinny" is
> | > > a colloquial term for 'information'..........for example: "I'll
give
> | > > you the whole skinny later." Don't you have this warm feeling of
> | > > enlightenment now? Heirloom, old and not so
> | > > skinny
> | >
> | > Alas, I'm in Maine... Thus I'm not certain if it's enlightenment or
Nyquil
> | > because I have a cold. Either way I certainly have the warm feeling in
my
> | > belly. I seem to recall "Give me the skinny" in an old black and white
> | > movie, James Carrey (spelling) perhaps? I'm not that big of a movie
buff
> | but
> | > it sounds vaguely familiar and now that I think about it I might have
> | heard
> | > it in an old cartoon. Guess it's the generation gap thing. Then again,
I
> | was
> | > completely lost when someone said something about shiznit and I was
pretty
> | > close to irate when someone called me "Dawg" (or is it Dog???) the
first
> | > time when I was out in California last. I guess there's a new
generation
> | gap
> | > or perhaps by the time slang reaches Maine it's already too late to
use
> | it.
> | >
> | > Galen
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> | > "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
> | > the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
> | > in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
> | > stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
> | > mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
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