Comments on: Dirty Pool http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/dirty-pool/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 By: Wendy http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/dirty-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-860305 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9631#comment-860305 I don’t know you, and I’m not in your 20-some-years-ago brain, but I’ll bet the word grinch also played into your thinking stinch was a word. Stingy + grinch with a touch of stint maybe.

]]> By: Taylor http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/dirty-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-802715 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:42:48 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9631#comment-802715 Great entry! Very illuminating.

As a side note, it took me a moment to understand the why the Germans approaching the trenches in kilts was unfair. Before I realized they were donning the uniform of the Scots/Brits, my mind went to the distracting effect of looking up from a trench to see a the enemy standing above you with his kilt (and naught else underneath) waving in the breeze.

I suppose that’s not the same usage of “dirty,” though.

]]> By: Candy Hart http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/dirty-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-239032 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:21:55 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9631#comment-239032 Remember hearing this phrase alot growing up, have played pool done I was a young thing and use to hang out at the pool hall with several of my friends… always heard the definition of this phrase as being when a pool shark would tempt a novice with a game of pool… first game the shark would purposely miss shots to make the novice player think he was better. The next game they would play shark would make a few mistakes then ask the novice if he wanted to play for money? The novice thinking I can beat this dude says ok, shark starts playing real pool and wins the bet… hence, Dirty Pool

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