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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (1565)6/12/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 12810
 
rubbage: n.
1. small particles of skin or other debris which adhere to one's partner following intimate contact.

2. pieces of your tire that rub off when you go around a corner.

3. a game played by sailors; personal articles stolen from officers are tossed around on deck until they disintegrate.

( rubbum L. vulgar slang)


Wow..... I am..... speech less...and, and... humbled by my dis-knowledge of the Queen's language.

In doing further research I found yet another meaning of rubbage

rubbage: the bag of fat that forms around one's gut as we age, particularly in spite of our efforts to avoid it. its roots are:

rubicare (latin for signature)

bag (obvious)

age (you know what I mean)

Construction: signature of age/aging

I am an en-lit person I have learned something new today!!