On 11/20/2014 3:57 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:09:40 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:42:30 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:36:17 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:17:43 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:09 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:50:30 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:01:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 11/19/2014 2:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Slumgullion - now that's a word from the distant past! I'd call my
>>>>>>>>> garbage soup that, because it sounds so much fancier, but I won't
>>>>>>>>> remember until it's too late.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What happened to "mustgovian"?!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a stupid word that several long gone rfc posters thought was
>>>>>>> clever and I won't use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "must be used now or else thrown out"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustgovian
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a stupid, cutesy word that some people thought was clever.
>>>>> Webster records words found x number of times in print. That's it.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but Webster doesn't know it. That's why I tried to interpret it
>>>> myself.
>>>
>>> Apply whatever meaning works for you. Another one I can't stand is
>>> "used meat".
>>
>> I guess that's just before it becomes mustgovian.
>
> I think it's spelled without the t "musgovian".
>
> Used mean is sale meat from the mark down bin. Why they decided "used
> meat" was appropriate is anybody's guess. It conjures up images of
> prechewed food for me.

In my house, we called it "old meat", I thought that was a more suitable
description.

Becca