traveler = 'Communist sympathizer' (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah. I first heard it - on campus - in 2002 or early '03.  It means "I'm/
it's/ everything's OK/ fine/ acceptable/ no big deal/ not to be judged by
me."

So...it is what it is. Know what I'm saying? What you listening to on that
iPod right now?


JL




On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > At 8:12 AM -0500 3/2/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >By re-analysis of "fellow traveler":
> > >
> > >2009 _IMDb_
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/usercomments?filter=hate :
> > >A Great Film For A Traveler, Otherwise Just a Curiosity ...  If you
> read who
> > >the reviewers are and where they live it gives you a better clue on
> who
> > >would totally love this film, I have to think they are travelers,
> it's all
> > >good, but I'm just saying....it was good, but not great. Then again,
> I'm not
> > >a traveler (I joined the military to help protect the USA from Soviet
> > >aggressions in the 1980's) so take that into account.
> > >
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> It strikes me as odd that the reviewer says "it's all good", when he
> obviously doesn't think it (sympathy for communists) is good.
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> The expression "it's all good" usually seems to be used this way.
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