"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 07:09 PM 12/31/2002 -0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> >Yes. In Pt.br soccer slang, it means an unexpected result
> >[like, for example, the USA beating Brazil]. This slang is quite
> >old [about 50 years old] that it was extended to _any_ unexpected
> >result [like, for example, Saddam Hussein invoking a general
> >election and losing]
>
> In American sports, "Zebra" is slang for referee.....
Only because of the black & white stripes.
The first NFL game Sammy saw (OK, it was a preseason game, but it was
still NFL), he started cooing when they did a closeup on a ref. He
didn't coo at the quarterback, no, he cooed at the ref. This was the
best evidence I saw that "they" are right about very young babies liking
black & white patterns.
> JDG
>
> P.S. No record of it being used as slang for an over-sized woman's
> undergarment.
Baaad. Baaad.
Now, in actuality, they do a number of Ds, then they go to E & F. I'm
not sure how far they go after that (don't remember, really), but it can
be pretty incredible looking at the packaging for maternity bras. (On
nursing bras, I ended up going with a brand without all that cup-letter
stuff, so it's been awhile since I considered the question.) But I'm
*sure* I haven't seen anything past K, if I saw even *that* far. (But
that's only calling on my experience, not the sum total of reality.)
Julia
not sure she *wants* to call on the sum total of reality
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