[lbo-talk] etymology/dirt is good

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 1 13:58:46 PDT 2005


used it.
>
> I find it kind of inherently funny that someone
> should think "dirt" was such
> an awful insult. That would probably be the nicest
> thing terrorists have
> ever been called.

"Dirt" was really good, actually. In my biz, we call it "real" estate, actual weath, as opposed to mere personal property like gold and jewels and stocks and bonds. "Spacious in the possession of dirt," Hamlet dismisses Oscric -- but he's insulting Osric's syncophancy and stupidity, not his wealth.

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