antidrug lemmy

[mark von bargen]

I was once a pisshead. Eight days a week, as the beatles used to sing. :)
I think you also need to understand the particular Liverpudlian twist on the
English language. It goes beyond cockney rhyming slang by a country mile.

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Behalf Of Guido Vacano
Sent: 15 November 2005 23:11
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Subject: Re: antidrug lemmy

Okay, thanks. I wonder how much art and music (and possibly other forms
of expression) would not exist if there were no "pissheads"/alcoholics,
or drug users/abusers? There certainly wouldn't be any psychedelic art
or music. No Salvador Dali. No Samuel Taylor Coleridge, I suspect. Edgar
Allan Poe? I wonder what Frank Zappa's work would have been like if he
didn't smoke like a chimney?

IMHO, "pisshead" is an overly judgemental term of limited utility. Walk
a mile in Ozzy's shoes -- maybe you'd be a pisshead too?

Guido

mark von bargen wrote:

>A demeaning term for somebody who is always drinks until they are drunk;
not
>necessarily an alcoholic.
>
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>Behalf Of Guido Vacano
>Sent: 15 November 2005 22:41
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>Subject: Re: antidrug lemmy
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>Okay. Is "pisshead" "Liverpool Lingo" for alcoholic, or is it an even
>more derogatory term?
>
>Guido
>
>mark von bargen wrote:
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>>Try 'Liverpool Lingo' as a description of the word use.
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>>-----Original Message-----
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On
>>Behalf Of Guido Vacano
>>Sent: 15 November 2005 21:00
>>To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>>Subject: Re: antidrug lemmy
>>
>>Is "pisshead" a Britishism for alcoholic, or is it an even more
>>derogatory term?
>>
>>Guido
>>
>>mark von bargen wrote:
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>>>Being a pisshead runs in the family, no surprise
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