The case of VP Idioms
The case of VP Idioms The case of VP Idioms
Avain: Yhdes iltaan (e.g., in Slangi.Net at: http://koti.mbnet.fi/joyhan/H3X.html), date Feb. 18, 2004 12
A Synopsis of vetää and vetää idioms: vetää Meanings Time ‘pull’, ‘prolong articulation’ “old”, “established” ************************************************* ‘copulate’ [of men] 1920 ‘ingest’ ‘smoke’ 1940 ‘eat’ ‘drink alcohol’ 1960 ‘use drugs’ 1980 w/ COMP: ‘perform/act’ 1980– e.g., ‘pull [a gig] (-> ‘steal’) ‘vomit’, ‘talk’, ‘fall down’, ‘fight’ 13
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A Synopsis <strong>of</strong> vetää and vetää idioms:<br />
vetää Meanings Time<br />
‘pull’, ‘prolong articulation’<br />
“old”, “established”<br />
*************************************************<br />
‘copulate’ [<strong>of</strong> men] 1920<br />
‘ingest’ ‘smoke’ 1940<br />
‘eat’<br />
‘drink alcohol’ 1960<br />
‘use drugs’ 1980<br />
w/ COMP: ‘perform/act’ 1980–<br />
e.g., ‘pull [a gig] (-> ‘steal’)<br />
‘vomit’, ‘talk’, ‘fall down’, ‘fight’<br />
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