cucubrain commented on the word harlem sunsets
I don't Know...Mick Jagger maybe?
April 14, 2009
cucubrain commented on the word leasow
a leasow, noun
a pasture
... and found of folk empty the leas and leasows and the lawns of Narog.
An obsolete term, encountered in a Tolkin story.
April 12, 2009
Thanks for the warm welcome, sionnach.
April 11, 2009
Harlem sunsets I came across this one in a Raymond Chandler novel and, to the best of my knowledge, he's the only one who's used it. Here's the quote:
"One time there was five smokes carved Harlem
sunsets on each other down on East Eighty-four.
One of them was cold already. There was blood on
the furniture, blood on the walls, blood even on
the ceiling."
It means "cutting someone with a blade pretty badly". Not a terribly useful expression, but extremely graphic!
cucubrain commented on the word uncontinental
This was also used in a BBC report about the G20 summit in London. There was a comment about Sarkozy's economic policies, which were decribed as "uncontinental capitalism".
April 10, 2009
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cucubrain commented on the word harlem sunsets
I don't Know...Mick Jagger maybe?
April 14, 2009
cucubrain commented on the word leasow
a leasow, noun
a pasture
... and found of folk empty the leas and leasows and the lawns of Narog.
An obsolete term, encountered in a Tolkin story.
April 12, 2009
cucubrain commented on the word harlem sunsets
Thanks for the warm welcome, sionnach.
April 11, 2009
cucubrain commented on the word harlem sunsets
Harlem sunsets I came across this one in a Raymond Chandler novel and, to the best of my knowledge, he's the only one who's used it. Here's the quote:
"One time there was five smokes carved Harlem
sunsets on each other down on East Eighty-four.
One of them was cold already. There was blood on
the furniture, blood on the walls, blood even on
the ceiling."
It means "cutting someone with a blade pretty badly". Not a terribly useful expression, but extremely graphic!
April 11, 2009
cucubrain commented on the word uncontinental
This was also used in a BBC report about the G20 summit in London. There was a comment about Sarkozy's economic policies, which were decribed as "uncontinental capitalism".
April 10, 2009