earlier specimen of gank and o.g.
Mike Salovesh
t20mxs1 at CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU
Wed Aug 2 10:07:33 UTC 2000
I made the mistake of saying:
> > Fred Shapiro commented:
> >
> > >> According to Smitherman (_Black Talk_), an "o.g"
> > >>is an original gangster, one whose bold actions have
> > >>earned him respect (props).
Fred Shapiro quite properly chided me, thusly:
> This wasn't me who said this. I assume "o.g." stands for "old" followed
> by some word beginning with a "g", like "girl" or "geezer."
Ooops -- my bad. Sorry!
I couldn't be more embarassed -- I've always insisted that when my
students find it useful to quote, they had damned well better go back to
the original source and get the words and the attribution straight!
-- mike salovesh <salovesh at niu.edu> PEACE !!!
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