Wordie: Bogart: Comments

Comment by yarb, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:47:41 +0000

Do not confuse with boggart.

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:37:37 +0000

Stop bogarting the comments.

(tee hee! I always loved this word used as a verb.)

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:25:25 +0000

That's always such a handy excuse.

Comment by skipvia, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:46:58 +0000

Well, it was the sixties...

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:28:26 +0000

But why would the way that Bogart allowed a cigarette to dangle morph into the meaning of "hogging" something?

Comment by nicotec, 9 months ago

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:16:19 +0000

(v): to hoard something or act selfishly. I.e. "Don't bogart that joint, friend." Originated in 60's drug culture as a way to describe someone who was "hogging" a joint - which is traditionally supposed to be passed around. Apparently arose from the way that Humphrey Bogart allows a cigarette to dangle from his lips.