We were sitting at Perkins, me and my crew (yes, I have a "crew." Ask any one of them.)
And Brian, arguably the older, wiser one of the crew says, "I have a new word."
Naturally ears perk up (cause we're at Perkins, get it? Perk? PERKins? You see, the same sound? Makes it funny? Get it? huh? The pun I mean?!)
In any case he says, "Tarp."
Smiles show on all the guys faces and Brian says, "Oh, crap, I left my wallet at home. Tarp me a couple bucks."
Ergo "tarp" took on a definition similar to "give" but that it wasn't optional. That when someone says, "Tarp me a couple bucks" they're not asking you. They're telling you much like the loser boyfriend tells his girlfriend to give him money. Thus, "tarp" is never used as a question, it's used in a declarative statement.
Of course "tarp" also implies you are never getting your money back. Thus adding to its definition a bit of understanding you're not going to see you money any more.
I'm trying to institute the word into my speech now, but haven't found the appropriate opportunity to use it. Regardless, everybody start using it.
Sweet. It sounds good; I think it could work. I'll let the hombres in Claremont have a heads up.
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You probably haven't found a time to use it yet because you are a capitalist- not socialist, like the people who helped spawn the word.
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oh man, this is sad that this is so true and is such a good word!
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ReplyDeleteToo bad. Something tells me if it was a word turned into a verb I would have heard it before. Sadly, since this blog has some presence and record it will be my buddy Brian that will be credited with coining of the word.
That is of course unless you can provide me with a veritable link to the use of the word before my posting, of which out of intellectual honesty I will honor (which I know is a foreign concept to you socialists).
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Cpt, my take on Anon446pm's comment is that socialists helped coin the word in that they put together TARP the noun... just my 2 cents
ReplyDeleteSadly, it'll never last. Any self respecting, reasonable human being isn't going to honor someone's demand that you tarp them some money if they have any say in the matter, (and it's in the interest of the beggar that they create the illusion that the money will be repaid) and the losers who would be in a position to use the word most often wouldn't be able to appreciate the irony.
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