Comments on: Sleazy http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/sleazy/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gil http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/sleazy/comment-page-1/#comment-43180 Gil Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:58:12 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/05/21/sleazy/#comment-43180 SLEAZY Dear Word Detective, In the 1940s, a movie actor named Walter Selzak played several characters which epitomized the word sleazy. An example is the 1945 movie "The Spanish Main". Could this have influenced the usage of the word sleazy ? Cheers, Gil SLEAZY

Dear Word Detective,

In the 1940s, a movie actor named Walter Selzak played several characters which epitomized the word sleazy. An example is the 1945 movie “The Spanish Main”. Could this have influenced the usage of the word sleazy ?

Cheers,
Gil

]]> By: Dennis http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/sleazy/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 Dennis Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:49 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/05/21/sleazy/#comment-2852 where did the expression "sugar-able" come from? where did the expression “sugar-able” come from?

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