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To: E. T. who wrote (2138)	7/22/2003 5:11:02 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 7834

I was wondering about the origin of that- so I looked it up: Even steven Meaning: An equitable distribution. Example: She thinks he doesn't do his share of the housework, while he says things are even steven. Origin: "Even steven" is merely modern rhyming slang (like "drop dead, fred", "see ya later alligator", or "know what I mean, jelly bean?"). Rhyming slang is common in many languages and dialects, and is particularly common in cockney English. Cockney rhyming slang takes the idea a bit farther actually substituting a rhyming word or phrase for common terms (e.g. "apple fritter" means "bitter (a type of beer)", "Johnie Horner" means "corner", "Rub-a-dub" means "Pub" and so on).