[OT] Slang Help Wanted

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:12:17 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:

"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
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What does "Gilroy" mean?

I was reading an interview with actress Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun of
"Farscape"), during which she commented about Aeryn's hair - "It was
the most Gilroy that Aeryn looked, really, in season four."

IIRC Ms Black is Australian, but I think her parents might be from the
UK so I'm not sure where this bit of slang comes from.

I'd hazard a guess that "looks like Gilroy" means "looks pretty bad", and
comes from a reference to a famous Scottish boxer, Bert Gilroy. To say
"looked like Gilroy" means you looked like you'd just been 10 rounds in the
boxing ring.

Well, whether or not your guess is right, the context certainly is.
Aeryn's hair was *awful* in season 4.

I guess "Gilroy" isn't common Australian slang then.





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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!




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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!




Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a
Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can
smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the
freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!




Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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I'd love to go to the festival sometime, but I don't think I'd try
everything - like the garlic ice cream!

Joy

"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a
Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can
smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the
freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!




Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

============
http://www.jhedge.com

I'd love to go to the festival sometime, but I don't think I'd try
everything - like the garlic ice cream!

Joy

"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:12:17 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:

"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
.. .
What does "Gilroy" mean?

I was reading an interview with actress Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun of
"Farscape"), during which she commented about Aeryn's hair - "It was
the most Gilroy that Aeryn looked, really, in season four."

IIRC Ms Black is Australian, but I think her parents might be from the
UK so I'm not sure where this bit of slang comes from.

I'd hazard a guess that "looks like Gilroy" means "looks pretty bad", and
comes from a reference to a famous Scottish boxer, Bert Gilroy. To say
"looked like Gilroy" means you looked like you'd just been 10 rounds in
the
boxing ring.

Well, whether or not your guess is right, the context certainly is.
Aeryn's hair was *awful* in season 4.

I guess "Gilroy" isn't common Australian slang then.

The phrase would be more of English origin, and most likely Claudia picked
it up from her parents, rather than being something a relatively young
Australian would say. I certainly hadn't heard it before, but there's lots
of Region and/or Age specific Australian slang I have no idea about.

Yoiwe


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"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:12:17 +1100, "Yowie"
wrote:

"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message
.. .
What does "Gilroy" mean?

I was reading an interview with actress Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun of
"Farscape"), during which she commented about Aeryn's hair - "It was
the most Gilroy that Aeryn looked, really, in season four."

IIRC Ms Black is Australian, but I think her parents might be from the
UK so I'm not sure where this bit of slang comes from.

I'd hazard a guess that "looks like Gilroy" means "looks pretty bad", and
comes from a reference to a famous Scottish boxer, Bert Gilroy. To say
"looked like Gilroy" means you looked like you'd just been 10 rounds in
the
boxing ring.

Well, whether or not your guess is right, the context certainly is.
Aeryn's hair was *awful* in season 4.

I guess "Gilroy" isn't common Australian slang then.

The phrase would be more of English origin, and most likely Claudia picked
it up from her parents, rather than being something a relatively young
Australian would say. I certainly hadn't heard it before, but there's lots
of Region and/or Age specific Australian slang I have no idea about.

Yoiwe


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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:17:31 -0600, Jeanne Hedge
yodeled:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!


There's always Toad Suck.

Theresa
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:17:31 -0600, Jeanne Hedge
yodeled:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:38:32 GMT, wrote:

Yoj wrote:

The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic
Festival every year.

There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell
the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway!

I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun,
but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic!


There's always Toad Suck.

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

In message , Yoj
writes

I'd love to go to the festival sometime, but I don't think I'd try
everything - like the garlic ice cream!

No such thing as too much garlic .... and garlic ice cream is
lurrrrrvely. The Isle of Wight (island off the South coast of England)
has a garlic festival in August each year; the island's climate is very
good for growing garlic. Richard's sister lives on the island, so we
pop over and visit her, and spend a day at the festival. Smoked garlic,
ordinary garlic, garlic honey, garlic honey ice cream ..... (starts to
drool unattractively)
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Cathi