Orpheus wrote:
> Just wondering : did the guys who thought up the No Repeat Action realize it
> was the same initials as the National Rifle Association ?
Probably.
Avoiding collisions in the TLA game is a futile endeavor. :-)
> On the same register, I still don't know what a Bum's Rush is really
> supposed to be outside Jyhad...
According to
http://www.word-detective.com/122002.html,
To get "the bum's rush" is to be forcibly ejected or violently thrown out
of someplace, usually a bar or restaurant. The classic scene in nearly
every Western movie where a cowboy is violently tossed through the swinging
doors of a saloon, coming to rest recumbent in the street outside, is a
good example of "the bum's rush." The phrase "the bum's rush" is an
Americanism dating back to the early 20th century, and simply means the
"rush" (in the sense of "violent push") a bar bouncer or the like would use
to eject an undesirable patron or "bum." The word "bum" in this sense of
"vagrant or beggar" almost certainly comes from the German "Bummler,"
meaning "loafer." Although recipients of "the bum's rush" often land on
their posteriors (if they're lucky), the slang term "bum" meaning
"buttocks" is unrelated, much older (circa 1387), and of unknown origin.
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