Subject: | Re: [OM] IMG: 40,000! |
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From: | Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:57 +1000 |
I tought so - it's an emphasis by extension of simple 'chicken'. Of course, chickens can be quite fierce. Andrew Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.soultheft.com Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813 On 18/05/2013, at 1:38 PM, Moose wrote: > > On 5/14/2013 5:34 AM, Chris Barker wrote: >> Just as well, but I don't think that it means that. > > M-W says: > "pusillanimous*:* lacking courage and resolution *:* marked by contemptible > timidity " Other dictionaries of US English > are about the same. > > Sounds exactly like a definition of "chicken shit" in US slang usage. > > Well Defined Moose > > -- > What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about? > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > > -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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