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This is what I was trying to look up in Quinion. I hate to show such ignorance, but what, exactly, does this word signify, and where did it come from?
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independent, outside the mainstream.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Indie - the famous auto races?
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I know the term in the context of independent record labels.
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I've also heard it referring to independent film producers.
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There are some West ones I hear. Think they play cricket.
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It's what Sean Connery(father) called Harrison Ford (son) in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
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It's what Sean Connery(father) called Harrison Ford (son) in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
Actually he resisted calling him Indiana (or Indy) for most of the film -- "We named the DOG Indiana!" He prefered to refer to his son as Junior -- "[pointing to himself] Henry Jones... [pointing to Indiana]...Junior."
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...for most of the film...
Does this mean he *did at least once?
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To me the word implies independent, especially a small record label or movie production studio, or the products thereof: an indie band, an indie film.
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to musick
yes, right at the end of the film just before riding off into the sunset.
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Indie: What undies may be called after a really SERIOUS wedgie.
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Or: The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on.
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Haaaaaaaaaaaa! Oh, 'tis very, very good to have you back, Ted! A very serious wedgie--this will take me downstairs now! 
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>The thong is ended
You know TEd, given how much this place is enriched by your presence, why not combine tasks - child-rearing and AWADtalk, by signing up your progeny? From all that I have heard of your loinal fruit, AWADtalk would be the better for the addition.
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loinal fruitthat's ripe, max...
formerly known as etaoin...
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l----- ----t Ack--ack--I can't even put it; too...too...picturesque! 
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