A Conversation for American Diner Slang
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Perseus Started conversation Mar 19, 2003
Another fantastic entry about something of which I had no idea existed - this place is great like that!
One question though, in the list of vocabulary, shouldn't the entry "cherry - Maiden's delight" be the other way round? Unless of course its THAT kind of diner.
Of course if I have got this wrong then I'm going to feel really stupid!
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 19, 2003
Not sure what you mean - 'the other way round'
Cherry is a slang term for the hymen, therefore virginity, as in 'losing one's cherry'. A 'Maiden' is a virgin (as in 'maiden over' in cricket - an over with no runs scored off it), and if she wants to stay that way then she's delighted to have her cherry 
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Perseus Posted Mar 19, 2003
Sorry, I wasn't particularly clear there.
In the list of words and their meanings, the slang is given first, followed by the "plain English" translation. For example the first entry reads
"Adam and Eve on a raft/log - Two poached eggs on toast"
However the entry I referred to has what I would presume to be the translation (cherries) first, followed by what I think should be the slang term (Maiden's delight).The alphabetisation would tend to support this.
Of course never having been to an American Diner, I don't know if virginity is a common item on the menu, but I'm guessing not!
Does that make things any clearer? Hope so!
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Mar 19, 2003
I was sorta confused too... And I've never been *outside* the US
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 19, 2003
Ah 
I see what you mean. I'll get on over to <./>Feedback-Editorial</.> and see if anyone's brought this to the attention of the Eds yet
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 19, 2003
Ummmm, I wrote it that way in the original entry 
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- 4: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Mar 19, 2003)
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