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okay folks ~ here's the latest, hippest  verbing of a noun: YOGI BEARING [v.] Stealing from a campsite (usually beer) the etymology of this one's pretty obvious, but since i'd not heard it used before (and thought it to be kinda cute) i thought i'd share it with you. so, here's the context: a group of us were camping last weekend and a strange car pulled up to the outskirts of our compound (i guess that's what you'd call it when 86 folks camp all at one site?). it was pitch dark and they didn't realize that a few of us had left the group to view the constellations (which happened to be absolutely AMAZING, but as ever i digress) without the obscurant effects of the campfire .... so then a couple of teens hopped out of the car [which we later found out was being driven by their mother, a parolee] and snagged a cooler from under one of the RVs. we got the plate, called 911, they got immediately apprehended, our friends got their beer back <insert great sigh of relief>, and the park ranger shared this latest in campground argot. apparantly it's replaced cow tipping as all the rage among country bumpkin youths [pronounced 'yOOts', naturally]. beats robbing liquor stores, i guess *shrug*. cheers!
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Well, hi, JV. Good coinage. I thought it would have had something to do with baseball, but I like the definition ....
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baseball
or meditation, one.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Yogi bearingI like it JV. No guessing, you know exactly what it means. Hmmm, maybe not, are those cartoons still playing these days? Being a child of the 60s I know about Yogi Bear but do kiddies of the 70s, 80s and 90s know about him? got their beer back <insert great sigh of relief> 
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Being a child of the 60s I know about Yogi Bear but do kiddies of the 70s, 80s and 90s know about him?
You betcha! The Jellystone Park franchise continues to thrive around the US.and in Canada as well
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Hey BooBoo, I like it.
Welcome JV.
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Excuse me, Bel; what is what?
Duh! I just looked at the heading. Jellystone Park is a very successful chain of campgrounds with an authentic Yogi Bear in residence at each and every one. Try googling Jellystone Park.
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Wow, imagine having that job for the summer...walking around in a Yogi Bear costume in 102 heat.
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You'd practically have to Yogi Bear a little smackeral of somethig alcoholic.
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