Difference between revisions of "Hang from the Ceiling and Drip Green"
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| − | ([[Matheson]]:[[Rapp]]) Objurgation -- meaning, roughly, "go soak your head" -- from "Born of Man and Woman"; given fannish currency by its use in the battles between the [[DSFL]] and the [[Wolverine Insurgents]]. | + | ([[Matheson]]:[[Rapp]]) Objurgation -- meaning, roughly, "go soak your head" -- from "Born of Man and Woman"; given [[fannish]] currency by its use in the battles between the [[DSFL]] and the [[Wolverine Insurgents]]. |
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 19 October 2020
“Hang from the ceiling and drip green,” a fannish epithet meaning “fuck off,” stems from “Born of Man and Woman,” a science fiction short story by Richard Matheson, originally published in the July 1950 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| (Matheson:Rapp) Objurgation -- meaning, roughly, "go soak your head" -- from "Born of Man and Woman"; given fannish currency by its use in the battles between the DSFL and the Wolverine Insurgents. |
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