File puptcrit/puptcrit.0510, message 78


Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:31:07 -0400
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Joe <joe-AT-dunfee.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppeteer slang


>meat puppet - deragatory term for human actors

  I don't think this is used as a deragatory term.  It is a reference to
Wizard of Oz where Dorothy tells the Cowardly Lion that Toto is a "meat dog"
[as opposed to being made of tin or stuffed with straw].

 
Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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