"L7", not in the OED, ...
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jan 18 23:31:32 UTC 2014
= "square, in old slang, as indicated by forming a square with one's
hands". As defined in a NYTimes crossword puzzle clue, Friday Jan. 17.
(I remember the gesture, but not the term.)
For quotations, Wikipedia's article "Square (slang)" says:
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs included this line in their biggest hit
"Wooly Bully":
Let's not be L7, come and learn to dance.
Wings used this slang in an anti-drug reference in the song "C Moon":
It will be L7 and I'd never get to heaven
If I filled my head with glue
The Sandlot's Squints used this line to describe Smalls:
Come on, Benny. Man. The kid is a... L7 weenie!
Obie Trice in Adrenaline Rush:
"You L7 like a square be" (sic)
XV's song "Be There, Be Square" referred to L7.
Google is once again unhelpful.
(I don't intend to follow this further.)
Joel
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