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Well, I dk if I love this word, but it's short and sweet and to the point.
Piker. A cautious person.
Yesterday, I heard a Wisconsin representative on the Judiciary Committee say that the Dems are making Joe McCarthy look like a piker.
Absolutely no intention of getting political here. But he made his point very succinctly (wish some of the others were half as succinct as he was.. :-)) with the use of the word piker.
So piker is the word I like today.
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Interesting, I always pictured/remembered an Edward G. Robinson-type character mumbling around a cee-gar in an old smokey drunk poker game. I thought it meant 'cheater'. Then a huge fight would explode.
Interesting, I always pictured/remembered an Edward G. Robinson-type character mumbling around a cee-gar in an old smokey drunk poker game. I thought it meant 'cheater'. Then a huge fight would explode.
I had the impression of a goldbricker (another great word), someone who doesn't get things done.
According to Bing,
piker
[ˈpīkər]
NOUN
informal
NORTH AMERICAN
a gambler who makes only small bets.
synonyms:
backer · staker · speculator · risk-taker · better · bettor · plunger · punter · high roller · spieler · dasher
a stingy or cautious person.
AUSTRALIAN / NEW ZEALAND
a person who withdraws from a commitment.
My grand pappy used to smoke stogies.. Grandma used to say, "Get outside with that stinky thing!!
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Originally Posted by steiconi
a stingy or cautious person..
Yes, piker has several other meanings, but what I understood him to be saying was the Dems were making McCarthy look like a "cautious person" with what they were doing. Not saying I agree or disagree w him, but he made his point succinctly.
Maybe piker is used with this particular meaning more often more in Wisconsin? It certainly does not sound particularly complimentary.
You mean a "stogie"? (another word for a cee-gar)
My grand pappy used to smoke stogies.. Grandma used to say, "Get outside with that stinky thing!!
I shouldn't be laughing at this, but is anyone else here old enough to remember when guys used to smoke cigars inside elevators?
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