< You guys are kinder than I am. I might accept his apology, but there's not a boy who went to college during the period Roberts did who is unaware of the meaning of 'sloppy seconds. >
I guess my being female is why I didn't know. However, if it's used in the UK, why should anyone be so familiar with it? I didn't understand the double meaning of "shag" until those stupid Austen Something movies. Shag is a dance popular on the east coast. Who knew?
I feel so naive.
For some reason Drudge used a British slang dictionary. But the term is very much in use in American slang, with no shag about it!
I grew up in the 1950's, here in America, and I remember it from then.
It's used in the USA too, and AFAIK, the innocuous meaning, e.g. double dipper at the chip dip, is the uncommon one.
Had you heard or used the term before today?
The term goes hand-in hand with "gang bang", which is what the MSM tries to do to the Bush admimistration every chance. Every high school boy in the 60s would get the reference.
"I guess my being female is why I didn't know. However, if it's used in the UK, why should anyone be so familiar with it?"
I was a seminary student in the good ol' U.S. of A. in the '70s, and I've always known what it means. This guy knew it, thought he could impress his MSM cohorts by making a tasteless comment, and it backfired. It's true that if a conservative had said the same thing he'd be pounding the pavement by now looking for another job.
This preppy little twerp cranked his fingers into a wringer, and is frantically trying to cover himself. I personally have long since passed the "forgive and forget" stage, having been referred to for the last 12 years as a RightWingPsychoGunWavingMurdererRedNeckIgnorentBoob. You can bet your sweet Fanny Addams that any two-bit copy boy from Fox would be savaged and his clawed remains would be in a dumpster before Sunset.