Chinese water torture
Dennis R. Preston
preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU
Mon Dec 11 13:12:23 UTC 2000
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
Dennis R. Preston
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