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27 Oct 04 - 12:10 PM (#1308739) Subject: BS: Useful New Word From: GUEST,mack/misophist Our mates in Australia have come up with a new slang term that looks like it may be useful. I saw it used to describe the Manchester Guardian . If that offends you, use it some other way, it's only a word. And the word is "watermelon". A 'watermelon' is green on the outside, red on the inside, and completely lacking in substance. |
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27 Oct 04 - 12:28 PM (#1308754) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Amos Hahha!! That's a granfaloon! A |
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27 Oct 04 - 04:02 PM (#1308928) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Mrrzy Hmmm - so, Nader... is a yellow watermelon? I like it! |
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27 Oct 04 - 07:30 PM (#1309079) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Blissfully Ignorant Huh, i like watermelons. .. |
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27 Oct 04 - 07:46 PM (#1309095) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: The Fooles Troupe Especially if they are in pairs.... |
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27 Oct 04 - 07:55 PM (#1309103) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Bobert I don't get it.... |
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27 Oct 04 - 08:23 PM (#1309132) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Liz the Squeak It's a food, it's a drink, it's a facewash! Big pink watermelons don't really have any substance... you could eat one and then want another 20 mins later... I suspect the usage means an item that looks large and satisfying, but leaves one strangely ungratified. A bit like being a seagull at work... you fly in, crap all over everyone and fly off again. LTS |
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27 Oct 04 - 08:26 PM (#1309137) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: frogprince True, you could eat another one 20 minutes later, but I never thought of washing my face with a big chunk of watermelon as "ungratifying". |
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27 Oct 04 - 08:28 PM (#1309138) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Ebbie All I can think of is El Greko's song 'Watermelon Seeds'. He said that it is common in Greece to refer to children that way. |
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27 Oct 04 - 08:37 PM (#1309147) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: The Fooles Troupe The expression was first used by the Aussie right wing wankers to try to discredit Bob Brown - of the Greens Party. Aussies just laughed that one off - the Green ideas must have been hurting bad for such US style political comments to be made. Bob has a lot of respect for being the only politician to refuse to be gagged in the Aussie Parliament when "Fathead George" spoke there. We still haven't forgotten that the US is the only country to violate Aussie Sovereignty by refusing to allow security to be handled by Australian, but only by the CIA. Only Real Dictators do that stunt. |
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28 Oct 04 - 12:01 PM (#1309632) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: GUEST,Skipy I watched a chineese film last night, it was very good but 20 minutes later I wanted to watch another one. Skipy |
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28 Oct 04 - 12:03 PM (#1309635) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Amos Skippy: LOL! A |
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28 Oct 04 - 02:49 PM (#1309780) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: frogprince Italian food is a little like that too. Two weeks later, and you're hungry for more. |
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28 Oct 04 - 09:55 PM (#1310130) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: leeneia Watermelon is a good source of iron. My community blood center says so, to people who are too anemic to donate. |
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29 Oct 04 - 05:37 PM (#1310954) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: GUEST,Peter from Essex Manchester Guardian? But what about the page 3 girls in the Daily Herald? |
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29 Oct 04 - 05:57 PM (#1310968) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: SINSULL Don't they call children watermelon seeds because of what Mom looks like after she has swallowed one. As a child I was told that a pregnant lady had swallowed a watermelon seed. Believed it for years and vowed never to make that mistake. |
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29 Oct 04 - 06:22 PM (#1310982) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: freda underhill watermelon - green on the outside, red on the inside - as Foolestroupe said, its a kind of reds under the beds comment, as in they're pretending to be Greens (Green party members, environmentalists) but watch out, theyre all closet commies. another similar one is used in the Koori (aboriginal) communities. If someone is aboriginal, but has no loyalty to the community or is a wannabe white boy, thyre called coconut (black on the outside, white on the inside). |
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29 Oct 04 - 06:59 PM (#1311014) Subject: RE: BS: Useful New Word From: Leadfingers Bit like the guy who perfected the mix of Chinese and German cooking . It was incredibly successful except that half an hour after you had a meal , you wanted to go and invade Poland ! |