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Re: Oh, so you're gonna be THAT way about it, huh? (none / 1)

to quote numerous UK gangster films, "Nobody likes a grass" (And thats half an hour of my life wasted hunting the actual quote around IMDB and youtube)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 12:46:39 PM EST
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Re: Oh, so you're gonna be THAT way about it, huh? (none / 1)

What's a "grass"? Please don't refer me to Wiki.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 01:05:41 PM EST
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Re: Oh, so you're gonna be THAT way about it, huh? (none / 1)

A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

grass Noun. 1. An informer. Possibly from the rhyming slang grass in the park - 'nark', meaning informer. E.g."Don't tell John about this, he's a grass and I don't want to get into trouble."

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 01:19:41 PM EST
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