AtDAtD: A Couple/Three Notes

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 22 11:52:47 CST 2007


"TOUCH THE DOG'S ARSE v. No, vicar, nothing to do with bestial pleasures - 
this is current prison slang for the crime of Taking and Driving Away a 
vehicle. It's a much more colourful alternative to the simple TDA, which is 
how police officers in southern England refer to the theft of a car. "

http://www.davidrowan.com/1998/01/glossary-for-nineties-chapter-3-crime.html




>
>And one of our United Kingdom listers noted that TDA has resonance over 
>there by standing for "touching the dog's arse," i.e., a truly deep 
>inspection of something.
>
>Thus ...
>
>

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