[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bogart"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> Seems discontinuous from the sense I remember from my misspent youth, ever since
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ifjIAoleI&t=25s
>
> —even if it’s the same Bogey alluded to in both. (Cf. Eve Clark and Herb Clark (1979), “When Nouns Surface as Verbs”.)

Yes, the OED editors specified two senses for "bogart". The second
sense mentioned the song performed by  "Fraternity of Man".

[Begin OED excerpt]
bogart verb lang
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. To appropriate (a marijuana cigarette)
greedily or selfishly. Hence more generally: to take or use most of;
to steal. Also occasionally intransitive.
Popularized by the 1969 U.S. film Easy Rider, the soundtrack of which
featured the song (performed by ‘Fraternity of Man’) cited in quot.
1968, under the title ‘Don't Bogart Me’.

1968 Don't bogart that joint my friend. Pass it over to me.
E. Ingber & L. Wagner, Don't bogart that Joint (MS song lyrics) 1
[End excerpt]

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