WAY too much time on your hands. Go fix your disk!
On 01/11/2011 08:28 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> On 01/11/11 10:33, Jim Gribbin wrote:
>> OK. I give up. What does "totally tote it" mean in old farts English?
>>
>> Jim G
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>> On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 08:57 -0900, Shane R. Spencer wrote:
>>> totally tote it
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> According to freedictionary.com, the word "tote" is an informal noun
> refering to a pari-mutuel machine -- a computer that registers bets and
> divides the total amount bet among those who won the bet, popularized
> back in the early 20th century. Obviously Spencer was making a
> metaphorical reference to his confidence is his own work, i.e., even to
> the point of betting his wages on it. Any sophisticated person would
> have caught that, but perhaps Spencer's parlance /is/ a bit too
> aristocratic for good taste.
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