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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." #161153 08/06/06 03:16 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 The Online Etymology Dictionary says that "skinny" in the sense of truth is WWII military slang, and might derive from the idea of the naked truth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Here's the skinny/deal..." Logwood 07/21/06 03:08 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." zmjezhd 07/21/06 03:33 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." Faldage 07/21/06 10:01 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." Zed 07/21/06 11:07 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." belMarduk 07/22/06 01:15 AM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." themilum 07/22/06 11:20 AM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." of troy 07/22/06 01:26 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." dalehileman 07/22/06 02:56 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." themilum 07/22/06 08:43 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." Jackie 07/24/06 01:03 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." Stevo 07/31/06 04:39 PM Re: "Here's the skinny/deal..." Sparteye 08/06/06 03:16 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 846 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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