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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Hosing the Doris
Real or fake? "Hosing the Doris" is said to be paparazzo cant meaning "keeping the button pressed and taking as many frames as possible in the shortest conceivable time of any female celebrity" but all the online uses of the term refer back to a single article in the (London) Times. Any snappers out there?  SignatureV [snip] > "Hosing the Doris" is said to be paparazzo cant meaning "keeping the > button pressed and taking as many frames as possible in the shortest > conceivable time of any female celebrity" but all the online uses of the > term refer back to a single article in the (London) Times. [snip] Here's a Jan 12 (07) NZ newspaper usage: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/3926773a6483.html I think it probably came from the same press release that triggered the Times' usage. Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego In alt.usage.english, tinwhistler wrote: >Here's a Jan 12 (07) NZ newspaper usage: > >http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/3926773a6483.html > >I think it probably came from the same press release that triggered the >Times' usage. Looks like it. SignatureV The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >Real or fake? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Any snappers out there? Yes, but unless the female celebrity was nude, it's irrelevant. In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >>Real or fake? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Yes, but unless the female celebrity was nude, it's irrelevant. Are saying that it's really "glamour" photography slang? SignatureV The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Are saying that it's really "glamour" photography slang? I was going to ask you to look up 'snapper' in a slang dictionary, but entering it at OneLook, produced no hits for the sense I meant. 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >>In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>>Yes, but unless the female celebrity was nude, it's irrelevant. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. Ah! Muff said. [Geddit?] SignatureV > In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >> The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ah! Muff said. [Geddit?] Spanish snappers are currently taking their last crack at hosing the Jock 'n Doris. The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Ah! Muff said. [Geddit?] Wee! > 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. And all this time I thought it referred to young bluefish. SignatureGood luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare On Jan 25, 10:48 am, "Armond Perretta" <newsgrouprea...@REMOVEbigfoot.com> wrote: > > 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia.And all this time I thought it referred to young bluefish. Led Zeppelin. Mike M > On Jan 25, 10:48 am, "Armond Perretta" > <newsgrouprea...@REMOVEbigfoot.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Led Zeppelin. . . . and that's another thing wrong with the new GG "Reply" system. All between "And" and "bluefish", inclusive, above was written by Armond, not Oleg. One tiny coding error, I imagine: how many times have I said you should never let the "consultants" run with the ball without fanatical supervision from in-house project management and exhaustive testing before going live? SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > > > 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. > > Led Zeppelin. > > Mike M People refer to Led Zeppelin as "Snapper"? Live and learn... SignatureSML just north of Seattle The Armond Perretta entity posted thusly: >> 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. > >And all this time I thought it referred to young bluefish. It's also the name of a fish found on the west coast of Canada. "Red Snapper" is a type of rockfish. In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >The Armond Perretta entity posted thusly: >>> 'Snapper' is common Canadian slang for female genitalia. >> >>And all this time I thought it referred to young bluefish. > >It's also the name of a fish found on the west coast of Canada. "Red >Snapper" is a type of rockfish. In Europe, it's the porgy. (I gave up trying to compose a response to CDB's post a few days ago when I found myself wittering on about Porgy Spice not being broad in the bream. (I must be half-proud of this, though, else why mention it now? (Dunno.))) SignatureV >In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>The Armond Perretta entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >In Europe, it's the porgy. Wrong! In Europe -- according to the European Terminology Database -- it's "Couch's seabream" or the "common seabream" or the "red porgy". The redless "porgy" is not an EU-recognised term. Googling on <seabream site:.eu> brings up stuff like this: These strategies include the production of high quality seabream targeting high-end local markets, and sole, an emerging species with an attractive price Cor(e)! And... Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1356/2006 of 13 September 2006 prohibiting fishing for red seabream in ICES zones VI, VII and VIII (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands No wonder it's prohibited; as we've seen, "red seabream" doesn't exist. The "red porgy" exists, as do the "common seabream" and "Couch's seabream", but the "red seabream" is a non-fish. That the EU doesn't use its own terminology even in its regulations should come as no surprise to anyone whose taxes help fund the EUR 1 billon annual cost of EU language services. SignatureArchie Valparaiso (Me? I blame the weather.) >That the EU doesn't use its own terminology even in its regulations >should come as no surprise to anyone whose taxes help fund the EUR 1 >billon annual cost of EU language services. Before any merciless Mercians point out that mine don't help fund anything of the sort, I'd like to point out that as of this year they do -- after 20 years of sucking from the tit to put on Olympic Games and Expos and build the *de rigeur* spanking new motorways and HST lines, Spain is now a net contributor. The party's over. SignatureArchie Valparaiso (Me? I blame the weather.) In alt.usage.english, Archie Valparaiso wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:08:51 +0100, Archie Valparaiso >>That the EU doesn't use its own terminology even in its regulations >>should come as no surprise to anyone whose taxes help fund the EUR 1 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >and Expos and build the *de rigeur* spanking new motorways and HST >lines, Spain is now a net contributor. The party's over. I wouldn't have dreamed of it. For one thing, I haven't paid any income tax for ... but let's not get into that. For another, it's not true. The party has definitely moved to the kitchen but it's not quite over yet. http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/921.asp At the heart of Spain's concerns lies the fact that comparing Spain's financial balance with the EU in 2000-06 and 2007-13, its net balance with the EU, which will have reached €48.7 billion in 2000-06, will be reduced to approximately €5 billion in 2007-13. [March 2006. There's an implied "minus" or two in there.] This bit's refreshingly honest (and very sensible): Nevertheless, [the Spanish government] still seeks to ensure a smooth transition because its goal is to avoid becoming a net contributor before it reaches full real convergence with the EU-15. All the net-recipient nations like to claim from time to time that they are now paying their way (the Irish are another example). I always have trouble finding a credible list of current net contributors to the EU - possibly because the EU stopped publishing such a list a few years ago on the grounds that the many and varied benefits of EU membership could not be boiled down to something as sordid as money - but I think the net contributors in 2006 were, not necessarily in the right order (except for Germany, which has always been at the top): Germany The Netherlands Sweden The UK Austria France (By the way, I see that EuroDicAutom *is* the European Terminology Database. I was paying attention, honest. It's just that it only says so in tiny writing.) SignatureV >In alt.usage.english, Archie Valparaiso wrote: >>On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:08:51 +0100, Archie Valparaiso [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > contributor before it reaches full real convergence with the > EU-15. You mean my government *lied* to me?[1] [snip] >(By the way, I see that EuroDicAutom *is* the European Terminology >Database. I was paying attention, honest. It's just that it only says so >in tiny writing.) At least you did what I should have done by posting the URL -- sorry, the "UnivResLoc". Anyway, it's a defunct resource -- sorry, a DefRes -- now. For the last three years it hasn't been updated because its apparently essential replacement with some unspecified new amazing technological gizmo -- AmazTechGiz -- is "imminent". I haven't seen the budget for AmazTechGiz yet. Perhaps you might do the honours, if you're bored. [1. Actually, they're not my government. I pay my taxes to them (actually I haven't p...but let's not get into that) but I can't vote for them. I haven't paid taxes in the UK since 1988 (actually...but let's not get into that) but I can still vote in general elections for some reason. (NoTaxW/ORep!) I can, however, become the mayor of Cadiz. I think I could even be president of Andalusia, which ranks even higher than a minister. Joe Louis is safe for now, though.] SignatureArchie Valparaiso (Me? I blame the weather.) In alt.usage.english, Archie Valparaiso wrote: >Anyway, it's a defunct resource -- sorry, a DefRes -- now. For the >last three years it hasn't been updated because its apparently >essential replacement with some unspecified new amazing technological >gizmo -- AmazTechGiz -- is "imminent". AFAICT, IATE 1 is AOK (but restricted) and it's IATE 2 that's "imminent". >I haven't seen the budget for AmazTechGiz yet. Perhaps you might do >the honours, if you're bored. I was, and I did try. I even tried hacking into the thing, if trying a password someone had posted on a message board is hacking, which it possibly isn't, in English usage. I did find out, though, that EU officialdom is sometimes uncertain about what the NewFangGiz is called. Some call it the Inter-Agency Terminology Exchange (the most official version, I think); others favour Inter-Active (or Interactive) Terminology for Europe. You may very well find such confusion typical, but I couldn't possibly comment. >[1. Actually, they're not my government. I pay my taxes to them >(actually I haven't p...but let's not get into that) but I can't vote [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I think I could even be president of Andalusia, which ranks even >higher than a minister. Joe Louis is safe for now, though.] That's weird. (NoTaxW/ORep and visa versa.) At least in part by choice, I assume. SignatureV I could become the mayor of Cadiz if I wanted to. And I gave it serious thought. But Jayne Mansfield, she said to me, she said, "Don't do it, Burgoo," she said. "You'll only regret it." And do you know what? She was right. And I've never looked back. [...] >> (By the way, I see that EuroDicAutom *is* the European Terminology >> Database. I was paying attention, honest. It's just that it only [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I haven't seen the budget for AmazTechGiz yet. Perhaps you might do > the honours, if you're bored. [..] Sorry, that's my fault. I complained to my MEP about it when it f.cked me over halfway through a job. (No, since you're kind enough to ask, I did solve the problem -- by means of some telephone calls combined with rather nifty deduction/induction from entries in that Canadian dictionary. Can't even remember what it was now, but it was, while not actually being a three-legged diversity-mainstreaming stool, at the communitary patrimony homologation level.) The EC's a bit like Microsdought -- no shortage of support opportunities. SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com In alt.usage.english, Archie Valparaiso wrote: [snip snapper probe] >That the EU doesn't use its own terminology even in its regulations >should come as no surprise to anyone whose taxes help fund the EUR 1 >billon annual cost of EU language services. And another thing - why doesn't the EU use an English translation of "acquis communautaire"? The Danish are allowed "gældende fællesskabsret", the Germans get "gemeinschaftlichen Besitzstande", the Greeks " ????????? ?????????", the Finns "yhteisön säännöstö" and so on but the English have to make do with the French. EuroDicAutom, <http://ec.europa.eu/eurodicautom/Controller>, says Except when specifically referring to Treaty articles using "acquis communautaire" in the English version, "Community patrimony" is to be preferred as more comprehensible to an English-speaking reader. It is? For a start, it's not - that is, in practice it is not preferred. According to Google, there are only 615 uses of the term on the entire Web. And, of course, "Community patrimony" is not more comprehensible to an English-speaking reader. It's gibberish. SignatureV The EU - dictionary fun for all the family! The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>The Armond Perretta entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >the bream. (I must be half-proud of this, though, else why mention it >now? (Dunno.))) Sounds like it has the makings of a good pun, could I figure out what "Porgy Spice" is. In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >>(I gave up trying to compose a response to CDB's post a few days ago >>when I found myself wittering on about Porgy Spice not being broad in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Sounds like it has the makings of a good pun, could I figure out what >"Porgy Spice" is. You can't figure it out because it doesn't make any sense. It's Mrs Beckham, ex of the Spice Girls, but she's the snappee, not the snapper. SignatureV I got your urchin Ha!, and it was deliberate. I kept quiet because it seemed the cool thing to do at the time. The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >>The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >You can't figure it out because it doesn't make any sense. It's Mrs >Beckham, ex of the Spice Girls, but she's the snappee, not the snapper. Ahh! Interesting. So in Canada, we'd say "She has the snapper." > In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote: >> The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>> broad in the bream. (I must be half-proud of this, though, else >>> why mention it now? (Dunno.))) I loves EU porgy. [...] In alt.usage.english, CDB wrote: >>> The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: >>>> (I gave up trying to compose a response to CDB's post a few days >>>> ago when I found myself wittering on about Porgy Spice not being >>>> broad in the bream. (I must be half-proud of this, though, else >>>> why mention it now? (Dunno.))) > >I loves EU porgy. EEC! And please don't call me porgy. SignatureV > In alt.usage.english, CDB wrote: >>>> The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > EEC! And please don't call me porgy. Awfully sorry. Forgot for a moment you're non-rhotic. > The Vinny Burgoo entity posted thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Sounds like it has the makings of a good pun, could I figure out what > "Porgy Spice" is. Nice idea, but I suspect that all the Bess puns on Porgy have already been made. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. |
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