http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Tool_Being.html?id=XvkzX9JnlAwC&redir_esc=y
Or was this just a shared dick joke? Sorry, obviously, for interrupting if it was. Do go on...
Catherine
________________________________________ From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] on behalf of Fernando Cassia [fcassia at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012 12:18 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] "tool" as insult?
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:32 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> I keep meaning to ask, why is being a "tool" a bad thing?
>
> I mean, tools are good things.
>
> It seems that the implication is that the "tool" is stupid. Or is it that
> it's being manipulated by someone?
>
> Anybody know where it all comes from?
>
Yes, a wiki-dictionary. ;)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tool
--- One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fool>. A cretin <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cretin>. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-steem. "That tool dosen't even know she's just using him." ----
FC
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