Leslie Bartlett M. Mus 16315 Laluna Drive Houston, TX 77083 281-495-8541 lesbart@juno.com On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 20:21:42 -0500 (EST) JIMRPT@aol.com writes: >Andre; >In a message dated 2/14/97 7:29:33 PM, you wrote: ><<Would you be so kind to explain in detail what F*** >means? >I am so curious!>> > > Although you wrote this to Barrie in response to his post I am sure >that the >Staid English reserved nature, as displayed so well by Barrie, will >prevent >him from answering this question. So although it is rather >presumptuous of me >to attempt to reply for him, I think I know exactly the four letter >word that >he referred to. Actually it was developed as a technical term by 'red >neck' >technicians in the South of this country. > The word of course is "FRAM", verb/adjective/noun, rather >interchangably. >"FRAM"-meaning to strike a hard blow or make a decisive movement >toward >something. 'I frammed home the hammer shank into the hammer butt." >Fram has many uses and many of them are rather idiomatic, such as that >damn >frammer! ,or this frammer won't fit! >see also; Frammed, Frammer, Frammee, Framming, and in the most often >heard >usage in politics "I don't Framming believe it !" > As to "Bonkers" and "Framming" just remember you can 'fram' with a >'bonker' >but you can't 'bonk' with a 'frammer', unless you break your 'bonker'- >then >it becomes that "framming bonker"! > Andre I do hope I have cleared up this momentary confusion for you. >:-) >And Barrie I do hope you will forgive my interceding here. ;-) >Jim Bryant (FL) >P.S.I was inspired to this by Horace so any blame or adverse comments >should >be sent directly to him. hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU (Horace >Greeley) > >Frankly, this is incredible! I'll certainly save it. Bravo for your marvelous job of clarifying. Leslie Bartlett >
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