"hero"

[Jonathan Lighter]

> done something respectworthy

Like being killed by a madman.

In a similar vein, the mother of a guy who said on the news that he'd
shielded his girlfriend with his body told Dr. Drew that her son's been
getting hate calls from people who say he's a yellow coward for not
standing up and rushing the sumbitch.

JL

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:28 AM, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca>wrote:

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> ISTM that "hero" has expanded in much common usage to mean "someone who
> has done something respectworthy that I sure as hell wouldn't want to have
> to."
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> James Harbeck.
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