One more old guy for "throwing the bum out of the bar" - I feel so pretty & witty & ??AustinN4 must be closer to my age. I remember the original meaning of "Bum Rush" too but it's been decades since I heard it used that way. It's now almost universally used to describe a quick attack, often by more than one assailant. I remember when "Gay" meant something completely different too.
Flash, I heard that sagging came from the prison system and it meant you would take it up the ass. Is that true?Phrases like "Bums rush" have different meanings in different areas of the nation.
Growing up in Chicago, the "Bums Rush" meant that an unwanted or undesirable person was grabbed by the belt and collar and tossed out of a place.
Similarly, teardrop facial tattoos in Chicago were evidence that the person had killed someone. When I worked in the Texas prison system, Those same tattoos represented "the tears of the Offender's mother as her son was incarcerated." Each teardrop stood for one stretch in the lockup.
Flash
I always enjoyed Pygmalion.One more old guy for "throwing the bum out of the bar" - I feel so pretty & witty & ??
From the link you posted: "Infidel (literally "one without faith") is a term used in certain religions, especially Christianity and Islam, for one who has no religious beliefs, or who doubts or rejects the central tenets of the particular religion."By definition a Christian, Jew or Muslim can't be an Infidel.
Yes, can be used both ways, but in the past never did. But how did it get that way? I just find it odd that the same phrase can mean both coming and going. And to the younger crowd that never new the original definition, it must seem confusing if someone used the original way just it was confusing for me to hear the new way when I had never heard it used that way before.Maybe I'm stating the obvious.
From the link you posted: "Infidel (literally "one without faith") is a term used in certain religions, especially Christianity and Islam, for one who has no religious beliefs, or who doubts or rejects the central tenets of the particular religion."
Seems to me that definition would make a Christian or Jew an infidel to a Muslim, and would make a Muslim an infidel to a Christian or Jew.
Yes, I am aware of all of that, but, UIAM, Muslims only use the old testament and not the new.Do some more research, it basically means one who does not believe in god, or has faith in god. Since all three religions believe in god, as the all-powerful and all-knowing creator, sustainer, ordainer and judge of the universe, it is in basic form the same god. Islam believes that the bible (yes, the same on we actually use as Christians) is actually a revelation from God (the same God). FYI, Muhammad actually traces his roots back to Abraham. Many of the main players in the Christian Bible are also significant in the Quran. The religions are more closely related than most think.
I can't speak for you, but I know I am. I did not, however, wear my rubbers on my feet!I think we're showing our age.
I can't speak for you, but I know I am. I did not, however, wear my rubbers on my feet!
This the way my pop's explanation (he's 84) is to get tossed out quick fast and in a hurry.Then I'll bet I am older than you.
look at you being all urban and thangs .welcome my brotherThere was a girl in my neighborhood who was named "Gay". I wonder how that turned out?
"Hocking" and "Gleeping" meant to steal something in Chicago.
A good guy was "solid" or a "cool head".
If you personally vouch for someone who is new, he is "cool" or OK". You damned sure better be right!
Sodas were always "pop".
MJ was "herb" or "weed"
Cops were "The Man" or "The Long Arm."
(In the Texas prisons, the Officers are "50")
Vendetta..."Today, tomorrow, next week or next decade, I'll get payback!"
A gun was a "heater" or "heat".
Flash