Is Evel Knievel a Pimp?

[Mullins, Bill]

Sports radio host Jim Rome bills himself as the 
"pimp-in-the-box".  MTV verbs "pimp" in the show
titled "Pimp my Ride" (in other words, "trick out 
my car").



-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Wilson Gray
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Subject: Re: Is Evel Knievel a Pimp?
 

FWIW, as I found out while chatting with my 15yo niece, for a lot of
today's younger people, "pimp" has only slang meanings and no literal
meaning. My niece was shocked! shocked! when I explained that literal
meaning to her.