wingman

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:06 AM -0800 12/2/07, JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You
Need. wrote:
>My daughter, a senior at University of Chicago, reports that
>"wingman" means a person who is asked by X to set up a date with Y.
>
>The most famous wingman in American history (although the term had
>not yet been invented) was John Alden.


On this broad definition, we could call Cyrano the Gascon Wingman
(homme d'aile?) too, but not in the
peeling-off-the-ugly-girl-to-leave-guy-alone-with-hot-girl sense.

LH

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