Out here in the savage west, a 'dust-up' is the way one politely refers to a
serious confrontation. When someone gets shot, that is killed, they been
'dusted.'
Then we talk about 'dusting-off' an old issue in order to get things moving
again, or not.
Reactivated Bachelors & Batchlorettes, as well as new divorcees, talk about
getting things 'dusted-off' to re-enter the courtly fray, dance, whatever.
Inevitably, I have noticed, ultimately everyone gets dusted, then blessed
and parted.
Some go as far to say the 'dust bunny' is the reaper's best friend.
Dust unto Dust. A cheap shot, some say.
Pathetic, isn't it.
Stephen V
http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> It's not dust, but its accumulations into small tumbleweeds. Which is
> rather more long-winded.
>
> Mark
>
>
> At 05:00 PM 8/30/2007, you wrote:
>> Why would anyone bother to go to the trouble of saying "slut's wool" when
>> "dust" is so much more convenient?
>>
>> What is the most long-winded slang term for a single-syllable subject?
>>
>> P
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
>>> Sent: 30 August 2007 21:25
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Dust Bunnits
>>>
>>> Further:
>>>
>>> "Beggar's velvet, house moss and slut's wool were all slang terms once
>>> used to describe dust, pertaining to its enduring legacy as the
>>> discarded, the insignificant and the lowly cohabitant of the common."
>>>
>>> http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/lisabosse/lizzie.htm
>>>
>>> ... but it isn't referenced.
>>>
>>> R.
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