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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Nippy





Etymology

I just now, quite out of the blue, figured out from whence the phrase "it's getting nippy out" comes.  It was so obvious *smacks head.*

5 comments:

  1. You need to back this claim up with some field evidence.

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  2. Lurking in the frozen food section again?

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  3. Had an uncle in the Marines in WWII (Pacific) who kept gettin shot, so they finally sent him home.

    Told me one day that if the Japanese sent paratroopers in it's called a "nip in the air."

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  4. Back in 1973, I worked with a rather busty young waitress
    named Rita. True to form, this blonde was as dumb as
    a post. One day she went into the walk-in refrigerator
    and I propped my foot against the door.

    After shouting for a few minutes, she gave up.
    The dishwasher and I went about our business.
    I forget how long it took her to try the door again,
    but it was a VERY long time.

    As she walked through the kitchen she called me an asshole
    and walked out behind the counter. a regular customer asked
    her if she had been in the fridge and she looked down. Her
    face turned as red as a Baboon's ass and she turned around
    and looked at me through the window.

    If looks could kill!

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  5. Dang lady. You could cut glass with those things.

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