Chinese water torture

[Dennis R. Preston]

My cool; your flashy.

dInIs

>>In re pimp, my guess would be that it's from such expressions as
>>"pimpmobile"  -- it's a 'cool' car.
>
>The connotation I have with "pimpmobile" is not a "cool" car, but a
>flashy, ostentatious one.
>
>Rima


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