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Finally found the bravado to make my board debut with this interesting and worthy word: bogart. After legendary
actor/movie-star Humphrey Bogart (thus the 'cool' icon!). Bogart, as a verb, started back in the 60's with the expression "don't Bogart that joint!" But now it's become a common rebuke to direct toward anyone prone to hogging-it-all-for-themselves in any situation, i.e. "don't bogart the bed!"..."he's bogarting all the pizza!"..."hey, c'mon, you're not going to bogart that, are you?" Anymore input on this? Perhaps it was coined sometime before the 60's when Humphrey Bogart was at the height of his career? (And also, by the way, not a bad entry for Oscar night, is it?)
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