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Poodles are for hookers and fat people
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| Perfect_Cheezit |
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| DarkAngel |
| I thought they were for your stereotypical Manhattan Yuppies. |
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| Ygrene |
I thought they were for pointing at and laughing.
*points*
*laughs* |
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| Yan |
I totally agree.
This doesn't bode well considering my girlfriend has a poodle mix. :crazy: |
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| {b.s.e.} |
| hideous animals. |
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| DJ RJT |
So here's something myself and another TA have been wondering: Where does the word hooker come from? And as a second question, does it have anything to do with fishing?
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| M@t |
hook·er2 (hʊk'ər) pronunciation
n.
1. One that hooks.
2. Slang. A prostitute.
WORD HISTORY In his Personal Memoirs Ulysses S. Grant described Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker as “a dangerous man … not subordinate to his superiors.” Hooker had his faults. He may indeed have been insubordinate; he was undoubtedly an erratic leader. But “Fighting Joe” Hooker is often accused of one thing he certainly did not do: he did not give his name to prostitutes. According to a popular story, the men under Hooker's command during the Civil War were a particularly wild bunch, and would spend much of their time in brothels when on leave. For this reason, as the story goes, prostitutes came to be known as hookers. However attractive this theory may be, it cannot be true. The word hooker with the sense “prostitute” is already recorded before the Civil War. As early as 1845 it is found in North Carolina, as reported in Norman Ellsworth Eliason's Tarheel Talk; an Historical Study of the English Language in North Carolina to 1860, published in 1956. It also appears in the second edition of John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms, published in 1859, where it is defined as “a strumpet, a sailor's trull.” Etymologically, it is most likely that hooker is simply “one who hooks.” The term portrays a prostitute as a person who hooks, or snares, clients. |
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| DJ RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by M@t
hook·er2 (hʊk'ər) pronunciation
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1. One that hooks.
2. Slang. A prostitute.
WORD HISTORY The term portrays a prostitute as a person who hooks, or snares, clients. |
Thanks M@t!
This was another late night, stoned out discussion Myra and I had last night :crazy:
It just sounded like it had to do with fishing... :p |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit
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pruning a poodle is heaps of fun  |
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| wwu.punisher |
| Fat people can't have poodles. They'd eat them. |
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