don't bogart that joint

[Larry Horn]

>As I recall, the sense here was "don't get any saliva from your lips on
>that joint".  That is, keep it and smoke it like a cigarette, hanging from
>the lips, as Bogart was often depicted doing.
>
>Frank Abate

I suppose that might also have been "Don't Belmondo that joint."  I recall
_bogarting (or bogarding) a joint_ being used in Jerry Miller's sense of
"hog", although Frank's definition may be more historically motivated.

Larry