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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004[OT] Slang Help Wanted
What does "Gilroy" mean? I was reading an interview with actress Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun of "Farscape"), during which she commented about Aeryn's hair - "It was the most Gilroy that Aeryn looked, really, in season four." IIRC Ms Black is Australian, but I think her parents might be from the UK so I'm not sure where this bit of slang comes from. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic Festival every year. -- Joy Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. -- John Wooden > What does "Gilroy" mean? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com > The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic > Festival every year. There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway! Joyce > > The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic > > Festival every year. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joyce Yes, it's lovely! Joy > > The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic > > Festival every year. > >There are a bunch of farms in that area that grow garlic. You can smell >the garlic in the air when you drive through Gilroy, even from the freeway! I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun, but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > > > The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic > > > Festival every year. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com I'd love to go to the festival sometime, but I don't think I'd try everything - like the garlic ice cream! Joy >I'd love to go to the festival sometime, but I don't think I'd try >everything - like the garlic ice cream! No such thing as too much garlic .... and garlic ice cream is lurrrrrvely. The Isle of Wight (island off the South coast of England) has a garlic festival in August each year; the island's climate is very good for growing garlic. Richard's sister lives on the island, so we pop over and visit her, and spend a day at the festival. Smoked garlic, ordinary garlic, garlic honey, garlic honey ice cream ..... (starts to drool unattractively)  SignatureCathi >> > The only Gilroy I know is a town in California where they have a Garlic >> > Festival every year. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I saw the garlic festival on Food Network. It looked like lots of fun, >but I'm not sure I could take that much garlic! There's always Toad Suck. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > What does "Gilroy" mean? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > IIRC Ms Black is Australian, but I think her parents might be from the > UK so I'm not sure where this bit of slang comes from. I'd hazard a guess that "looks like Gilroy" means "looks pretty bad", and comes from a reference to a famous Scottish boxer, Bert Gilroy. To say "looked like Gilroy" means you looked like you'd just been 10 rounds in the boxing ring. http://www.bertgilroy.com/55-1947-2.pdf Yowie >> What does "Gilroy" mean? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >"looked like Gilroy" means you looked like you'd just been 10 rounds in the >boxing ring. Well, whether or not your guess is right, the context certainly is. Aeryn's hair was *awful* in season 4. I guess "Gilroy" isn't common Australian slang then. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > >> What does "Gilroy" mean? > >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I guess "Gilroy" isn't common Australian slang then. The phrase would be more of English origin, and most likely Claudia picked it up from her parents, rather than being something a relatively young Australian would say. I certainly hadn't heard it before, but there's lots of Region and/or Age specific Australian slang I have no idea about. Yoiwe |
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