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Tue Oct 9 08:24:49 UTC 2018

> Unass mah money

I'd still use the "standard" _get up off of my money_. However, I do
have to give the 'Berg his props for his colorful use of _un-ass_,
given that the usual way to go is to use "get up off of" figuratively
and "un-ass" literally.

The other day, a detective on some cop reality show, that I watch
says, "I'd better get to steppin'." i.e, "get my ass in gear" aut sim.
"Get to stepping" and "get yoor heels to clicking" are a  couple of
pimp-talk clichés from the '60's - could be earlier, but I was either
in the Army or too young, earlier. You say one of these two phrases
when you roll up on the set and put your whores out the car. so that
they begin an evening of hustling butt.

The last time that I heard "un-ass" said was on Homicide: Life on the
Street." Remember that one? Belcher walks into the interrogation room
to find the perp copping a squat and tells him to "un-ass that chair."
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:12 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Earliest cite in GDoS for "unass" is from 1969.
>
> 1969 ‘Iceberg Slim’ _Mama Black Widow_ 51: Unass mah money, lady.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:07 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Green's Dictionary of Slang
> > https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/x3ygdea
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > un-ass v.
> > [SE pfx un- + ass n. (2)]
> > [1960s+]
> > 1. (US black) to hand over, to give up.
> > 2. to leave, to abandon.
> > [End excerpt]
> >
> > I do not have access to the citations at GDOS.
> > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 12:52 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
> > <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is an instance of "un-ass" (with the sense disembark) from a U.S.
> > > soldier in Vietnam published in 1971. JL may have some early cites.
> > >
> > > Date: May 2, 1971
> > > Newspaper: Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram
> > > Newspaper Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
> > > Article: Story of Lt. William L. Calley and His Court-martial
> > > Author: Arthur Everett, Kathryn Johnson, and Harry F. Rosenthal
> > > (Associated Press)
> > > Quote Page B1, Column 7
> > > Database: Newspapers.com
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > "But the only really significant thing I remember there, that on
> > > final, the AC aircraft commander turned around and told me we had a
> > > hot one, we were coming in hot and I believe he said, 'When I get low,
> > > un-ass.'
> > >
> > > "And we definitely did. I think my first man went out the chopper when
> > > we were still at 15 feet. I went off, it was about five feet off the
> > > ground."
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:44 AM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY
> > > RDECOM AMRDEC (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Wilson - I’m not surprised
> > > > Bill
> > > >
> > > > > On Oct 8, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > All active links contained in this email were disabled.  Please
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----
> > > > >
> > > > >> "Unass" is older than this; I have heard it in use verbally since
> > the
> > > > >> mid-1990s.
> > > > >
> > > > > unass v. to dismount or disembark (a vehicle); to get off of
> > > > > (something); to unseat (someone); to leave (somewhere). Editorial
> > > > > Note: This term dates back to at least the 1960s and the Vietnam War.
> > > > > It is especially associated with the military, from where it has
> > > > > spread to politics and aeronautics. (Nov 17, 2004
> > > > > A Way with Words | unass
> > > > > Caution-https://www.waywordradio.org/unass/
> > > > >
> > > > > My personal experience is that this was used in the Army as far back
> > > > > as the Korean War.
> > > > >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 12:35 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> The most recent updates include a lot of entries derived from ass,
> > bum,
> > > > >> butt, and the like.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Included is "bums in seats" (1978), but missing is "butts in seats".
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _Corbin [KY] Times-Tribune_ 23 Oct 1970 p 2 col 1
> > > > >>
> > > > >> " "The object of the game is to put butts in the seats," said
> > Cousy."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Evanston IL _Daily Northwestern_ 7 Oct 1971 p 8 col 2
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "How do you get the butts in the seats?"
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> And also missing is "Asscrackistan"
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _Rolling Stone_ 25 Jul 2002, quoted in _Slug & Lettuce_ Summer
> > 2003, p 2
> > > > >> col 2
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Now while the reporting in Rolling Stone is dodgy, and superficial
> > at
> > > > >> best, this article, "Horny and Heavily Armed" (issue 901, July 25,
> > 2002)
> > > > >> was great because it portrayed military men as exactly what they
> > are.
> > > > >> In this article, the journalist Even Wright, joins an army platoon
> > in
> > > > >> garrison based in a country they call "Ass-crack-istan." "
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Caution-
> > https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=Caution-https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2814&context=as220_root
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _Prisoner Express_ Spring 2010 p. 16 col 1
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Let me especially extend my apologies to the anonymous government
> > > > >> employees whose brilliant idea to set this man to killing his fellow
> > > > >> Arabs in Asscrackistan caused him to instead begin murdering the
> > killers
> > > > >> he was training with."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Caution-
> > https://prisonerexpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2010_1_Spring.pdf
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Unass" (to get people to get off their butts) is not included,
> > either.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _Small Arms Defense Journal_ Jan 2016  p 104 col 1
> > > > >> "Defilade, enfilade, grazing fire, plunging fire, and suppressive
> > fire
> > > > >> on assault or effective cover for your platoon to unass an AO gone
> > bad."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Caution-
> > http://machinegunarmory.com/MGAMilSite/Publications/SMDJ_vol8_no1_JANUARY_2016104-107.pdf
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _The Eddy Line_ Mar 2001 p 17 col 2
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Footage includes Clint Rinehart demonstrating how to unass a kayak
> > and
> > > > >> swim from the hole below Left Crack and into Middle Crack's hole at
> > 2.4
> > > > >> feet."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Caution-
> > http://www.gapaddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/el200103.pdf
> > > > >>
> > > > >> _The Intake_ Sum 2011 p. 32
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "He wrote back that because he didn't have to "unass" the bird, it
> > > > >> didn't fit there either."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Caution-
> > https://supersabresociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Issue-16-Summer-2006.pdf
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ("Unass" is older than this; I have heard it in use verbally since
> > the
> > > > >> mid-1990s.)
> > > > >>
> >
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