[Ads-l] what's the latest [,] dope/poop/skinny?

[Wilson Gray]

An interesting discussion, far superior to the usual TI&E, usually referred
to as "poop for the troops."

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 8:47 AM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> These three can all sometimes mean, more or less, information.
> Though "red mike" apparently became specialized slang in the Naval
> Academy, the following might could be a case of USNA slang influencing a
> later (broadening?) development.
>
> The 1940 Lucky Bag yearbook uses "skinny" five times.
>
> https://archive.org/details/luckybag1940unse<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_luckybag1940unse&d=DwMFAg&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=qwwcnEh0SDhYkAO4qMBwW4xEtiaPWhXfdFqgH4eOSPY&s=hY4Vm5TQcZdx81ot3kJxhw4s2Byuj49C8crkmJb1TDU&e=
> >
>
> The mid-right photo caption is about solving a skinny problem, at a desk,
> in a classroom, with a slide rule in his pocket..
>
> https://archive.org/details/luckybag1940unse<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_luckybag1940unse&d=DwMFAg&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=qwwcnEh0SDhYkAO4qMBwW4xEtiaPWhXfdFqgH4eOSPY&s=hY4Vm5TQcZdx81ot3kJxhw4s2Byuj49C8crkmJb1TDU&e=
> >
>
> The Wm. Game text has skinny as an academic department.
>
> https://archive.org/details/luckybag1940unse<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_luckybag1940unse&d=DwMFAg&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=qwwcnEh0SDhYkAO4qMBwW4xEtiaPWhXfdFqgH4eOSPY&s=hY4Vm5TQcZdx81ot3kJxhw4s2Byuj49C8crkmJb1TDU&e=
> >
>
> "skinny kept him from athletics," apparently meaning low grades prevented
> him from participating in (varsity?) athletics.
>
> https://archive.org/details/luckybag1940unse<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_luckybag1940unse&d=DwMFAg&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=qwwcnEh0SDhYkAO4qMBwW4xEtiaPWhXfdFqgH4eOSPY&s=hY4Vm5TQcZdx81ot3kJxhw4s2Byuj49C8crkmJb1TDU&e=
> >
>
> His math and skinny were a breeze because of earlier college courses, in
> contrast to other academic (humanities, bull and dago) departments.
>
> https://archive.org/details/luckybag1940unse<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_luckybag1940unse&d=DwMFAg&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=uUVa-8oDL2EzfbuMuowoUadHHcJ7pjul6iFkS5Pd--8&m=qwwcnEh0SDhYkAO4qMBwW4xEtiaPWhXfdFqgH4eOSPY&s=hY4Vm5TQcZdx81ot3kJxhw4s2Byuj49C8crkmJb1TDU&e=
> >
>
> The hop (dance) was the end of math and skinny--so a change of pace.
>
>
> "Skinny" here may mean hard sciences (Physics et sim).
>
>
> Stephen Goranson
>
> http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/
>
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