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9th March 05, 09:09 AM
#11
Thanks Galant, I can see how "basketball jones" would fit with that.
And I'm sure we all know how kilts fit into the equation 
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9th March 05, 10:01 PM
#12
MUG!
Someone had better mention this:-
A most unfortunate expression for in 'British' English it carries the meaning of someone not very bright, the butt of jokes, the victim of a confidence trick.
Certainly I'd be most annoyed if anyone made reference to my kilt as a 'MUG', for by inference they'd be saying that it was a stupid garment worn by someone not very bright by reason of what they were wearing.
Sorry if I've offended anyone.
James
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10th March 05, 04:43 AM
#13
Not a problem James. We've managed to mess-up a load of the King's English haven't we? I mean... you ask for a "King's English cigarette" over here and you get punched in the face.
The Canadians can attest to our language changes too! I know that napkin in the USA has an entirely different meaning in parts of Canada. 
That's why I only speak Americanese... barely.
Arise. Kill. Eat.
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10th March 05, 07:25 AM
#14
Actually, in the USA, mug has a different meaning as well. Three in fact.
1 - of course is a moderately large drinking container, generally with a handle.
2 - Slang, especially from the 1930's and 1940's for face.
3 - A generally large, less than highly intelligent person engaged in strong-arm tactic of robbery, or coercion. The term is also often applied to gangster body guards. Again, most common in the 1930's and 1940's.
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10th March 05, 11:30 AM
#15
 Originally Posted by Jimmy Carbomb
Not a problem James. We've managed to mess-up a load of the King's English haven't we? I mean... you ask for a "King's English cigarette" over here and you get punched in the face.
What are they then, Jimmy, if they are not cigarettes? Not that I am ever likely to ask for one, you understand!
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10th March 05, 11:43 AM
#16
Though I've never heard the term, I suspect it has something to do with King Jame I/VI's penchant for handsome young men.
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10th March 05, 07:43 PM
#17
TANK -def.
Traditional Assemblage Northern Kilt. Not to be confused with the CASK Casual Assemblage Southern Kilt. The Midlands being the demarcation between north and south here.
AND Acronym in need of definition.
And you may ask yourself, Well how did I get here?
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11th March 05, 09:29 PM
#18
I thought the name "tank" came about cause the kilt usually housed A cannon!!! 
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11th March 05, 09:56 PM
#19
Back to jonesing = craving; wanting something really bad that you can't get yet...a strung out drug addict, a smoker out of cigarettes, a kilt addict waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for a kilt he's already paid for.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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