On 30 Jan 2005 23:47:04 -0600, "Bob" >
wrote:

>Blake wrote:
>
>> one of the side benefits to the group (to me, anyway) is that you
>> learn a lot of u.k. and antipodean slang. (I couldn't tell from the
>> headers where the o.p. is from.)
>
>Quite true: Until someone explained that "merkin" was slang for "American,"
>the only definition I knew for that word was "pubic wig."
>
>Disconcerted me a bit, the way the word was being thrown around...
>
>Bob
>
checking for a 'merkin' entry used to be my test for an 'unabridged'
dictionary.

your pal,
blake