Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cepu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!scw From: scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Who/What is a NIMROD? Message-ID: <423@cepu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 14:38:14 EST Article-I.D.: cepu.423 Posted: Thu Jan 10 14:38:14 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:27:43 EST References: <191@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center; LA CA Lines: 20 Summary: In article <191@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:vickrey%lite.DEC@decwrl.ARPA writes: >Today the term "Nimrod" came up in conversation, and somebody >had to ask "What does it *MEAN*?" > Nimrod was a famous (mythical/fictional) hunter. >Well, we all agreed that it means ding-dong, but now we don't >know where it comes from. I seem to remember Nimrod as a >character in a book or short story; can anybody supply pointers? Over time (early(?) 20th C) it was used sarcasticly to refer to a clumsy/oafish hunter ('He's a real Nimrod'), hence a clod or oaf. By the way the current RAF ASW aircraft (quite a good one too) is called the Nimrod. -- Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology) uucp: { {ihnp4, uiucdcs}!bradley, hao, trwrb}!cepu!scw ARPA: cepu!scw@ucla-cs location: N 34 3' 9.1" W 118 27' 4.3"