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| + | “'''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]]. | ||
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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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Revision as of 11:13, 8 July 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. |
| Fanspeak |
| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
