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April 11, 2009, 11:47
<Proofreader>
Always Check Before You Use New Words
A group protesting some government policy (it isn't clear what) refers to their action as "teabagging." They should have looked at Def #1 before they began a national campaign.
April 11, 2009, 14:20
<Asa Lovejoy>
My picture's there after def. #3 Frown
April 11, 2009, 14:52
zmježd
I first heard the term teabagging in the 1999 John Waters film Pecker. He talks about it and pit beef towards the end of this interview (link).


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
April 12, 2009, 00:25
Richard English
Apart from Urban Dictionary - whose definitions I regard with considerable suspicion - I've not been able to find a definition for this term. What is it supposed to mean in political terms?


Richard English
April 14, 2009, 15:28
<Asa Lovejoy>
From Areola Humpinton's newsletter:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...ti-int_b_186703.html
April 15, 2009, 02:02
Richard English
Very interesting. And the concise definition is...?


Richard English
April 15, 2009, 08:33
arnie
quote:
Areola Humpinton's

Who dat? The linked article seems to be written by someone named Stuart Whatley.
Confused


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 15, 2009, 09:05
zmježd
Who dat?

Ariana Huffington (link & link) who co-founded and edits the website linked to.


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
April 15, 2009, 11:57
arnie
Ah! All is now pellucid! Smile

I do have a vague memory of her (or someone with a very similar name) in BBC TV panel games an age ago when she was Arianna Stassinopoulos.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 15, 2009, 13:46
neveu
quote:
when she was Arianna Stassinopoulos

That's the one.
April 15, 2009, 21:19
Kalleh
I think of teabagging as putting tea bags on your eyes to limit bags under the eyes.