A fork of Rural Dictionary
(1) A drinking game (2) A bar in Dallas
"Here's to Cardinal Puff, the third and final drink of the evening" "Are you a Cardinal?" "You bet your sweet ass I am!"
You two are wrong. "Testify" comes from the Latin "witness" and has nothing to do with "testicle" which also comes from the Latin for "witness". I was asked this in class by the professor in college English. I would have been wrong and embarrassed myself, so I just said "I don't know". But here's what I got from the Internet: testatio -onis f. calling to witness , or bearing witness. testificatio -onis f. bearing witness , testifying; evidence, proof. testificor -ari dep. to bear witness to , give evidence of; to show, bring to light; to call to witness. testimonium -i n. witness , evidence; proof, indication. testis (1) -is c. one who gives evidence , a witness; an eye-witness, a spectator. testor -ari dep. (1) to bear witness to , give evidence of; to make known, publish, declare; as pass. to be attested, declared. (2) to make a will. (3) to call to witness. BTW they are called "testicles" because they WITNESS to the procreative power of a man.
Since I was a witness to the crime, they want me to testify in court.
Jehovah's Witness, Chistian Science, Scientology, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, 7th Day Adventists, Boston Movement, and Mormons are all exactly the same: seductive CULTS.
Used in South Texas to describe a Mexican-American. Usually taken (by Mexican-Americans) to be pejorative and offensive, similar to the *N* word (but not as strong). Also, in the same way that blacks often call each other the "N" word in jest, I've heard young Mexican-American males call each other "meskin" (e.g. "what's up, meskin?) in jest.
(Spoken by a white): Those meskins are so lazy and dishonest. (Spoken by a Mexican-American in reply to a white): Hey, we as a people find that word offensive. Please don't say "meskin" around me any more.
The drug dealer desscribed himself as a "businessman". Al Capone and his men described themselves as "businessmen".