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Offline Thunderbroom

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What's the origin of "sly"?
« on: February 08, 2008, 10:11:08 PM »
Well?

I'd never heard the term relative to baldness until I found this forum a couple of days ago.
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Offline Tyler

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Re: What's the origin of "sly"?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 10:25:58 PM »
Quote from: Thunderbroom on February 08, 2008, 10:11:08 PM
Well?

I'd never heard the term relative to baldness until I found this forum a couple of days ago.

So, one of the dictionary meanings of Sly is to be Playfully Roguish.  Being that Sly Bald Guys go against the grain of the thought of many out there, I thought the Roguish part fit well.
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Re: What's the origin of "sly"?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2008, 12:33:02 AM »
Dictionaries world wide will have to be edited however now that Sly Bald Guys has re-defined the term!   O0
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