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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: on topic? #96118 02/27/2003 7:24 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK (from Cambridge Dictionary of American English) stiff (PERSON) noun [C] SLANG a person of the type described I'm just a working stiff. You lucky stiff! (SLANG) A stiff is also a dead person's body. Looking at various dictionaries it seems that a 'stiff' is slang for an ordinary person, usually used in conjunction with 'working' or 'lucky'. No indication of the origin is given anywhere that I can find. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Working Stiff capcap 02/18/2003 4:21 PM Re: Working Stiff wwh 02/18/2003 4:25 PM Re: Working Stiff tsuwm 02/18/2003 5:57 PM Re: Working Stiff consuelo 02/21/2003 12:48 AM on topic? belligerentyouth 02/21/2003 3:54 AM Re: on topic? dxb 02/27/2003 7:24 AM Re: Working Stiff WhitmanO'Neill 02/21/2003 4:14 AM Re: Working Stiff consuelo 02/21/2003 10:25 AM Re: Working Stiff WhitmanO'Neill 02/21/2003 1:58 PM Re: Working Stiff Faldage 02/21/2003 2:07 PM Re: Working Stiff wwh 02/21/2003 3:08 PM 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,333 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,175 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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