on 'slacker'.....................

[grladams at teleport.com]

The word slack also occurred on about page 915 or wherever Dally and Kit
are reunited out of the blue by the movements of the railways. It's used to
describe something like forgiveness, grace and luck. It's a word that means
"don't worry so much". As in "give me some slack" But when it's slacker
it's a work-shirker. Did you see the PBS documentary about the Phoenix
lander? What a hard project! And the part where the steam cloud left behind
was in the shape of a bird with a long tail? Rocket engineers with tears in
their eyes, notably choked up Arizona scientists mingling with happy German
tourists in Cape Canaveral. Such action, such tight planning, and possibly,
a little slack to help too.

Mmhmm.
Jill

Original Message:
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From: Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:55:07 -0700 (PDT)
To: grladams at teleport.com
Subject: on 'slacker'.....................


While use of the term slacker for one who shirks work dates back to about
1790 or 1898 depending on the source, it achieved a boost in popularity
after the release of the influential 1991 Richard Linklater film
Slacker.[1][3]

       

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