OFF: austin powers in "THE SPY TO WHOM I PUT IT"

[Andrew Apold]

At 02:43 PM 6/6/99 EDT, you wrote:
>i was at the mall this afternoon and saw a couple promo displays for the 2nd
>austin powers movie, "the spy who shagged me", and it got me to thinkin'...
>
>in america, not too many yankees know what "shag" means. ^_~

In america, it has three accepted meanings:

1.  a nap on a coarse material (or coarse, shredded tobacco)
2.  a species of coromant
3.  to chase after and retrieve (specifically, baseballs durring batting
practice).

Seriously, though, I do think most people are aware of the meaning from
the movie title, but (thankfully) it hasn't appeared on any censor's banned
list to date...


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"To dwell within Samsara, however, is to
 be subject to the works of those mighty
 among dreamers."

 - Mahasamatman, in Zelazny's "Lord of Light"

Andrew Apold