Can someone explain City Slicker?
I saw the term used in another thread chuckled because is there really any real true live Jeremiah Johnsons left anymore? Any grizzly Adams still roaming the hills? I doubt that your basic modern country boy really even knows and understands the grizzly bear.
I wonder where the line is that seperates a country boy from a sity slicker?
I wonder where the line is that seperates a country boy from a sity slicker?
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If you grew up/live on a farm you have manure on your boots. That does not make you savy. Some of us city slicker are pretty woods savy and some plowboys have some city street smarts. These days it is a pretty antiquated and outmoded term. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimi
Not to folks who came from my neck of the woods. The term "Slicker" in this description, to my knowledge, is someone who is smooth or sharp, like a card or pool shark. I do believe that it has a meaning similar to that of Carpetbaggers, in that one should use caution in dealing with a well dressed person that is a stranger, or be prepared to pay serious consequences should you trust them.
Uh-oh! Then I take my earlier comment back! You folks can surely trust me without reservation. By the way, would you be interested in a bridge that.....[;)][:D]0 -
it all has to do with how attractive you find sheep 
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quote:I do believe that it has a meaning similar to that of Carpetbaggers, in that one should use caution in dealing with a well dressed person that is a stranger, or be prepared to pay serious consequences should you trust them.
It has also been my experience that one can end up on the short end of the stick dealing with the "rustic" locals. That would suggest we should trust neither well dressed strangers, nor more casual locals. I think casual strangers or well dressed locals would be ok though.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Slow_Hand
quote:Originally posted by kimi
Not to folks who came from my neck of the woods. The term "Slicker" in this description, to my knowledge, is someone who is smooth or sharp, like a card or pool shark. I do believe that it has a meaning similar to that of Carpetbaggers, in that one should use caution in dealing with a well dressed person that is a stranger, or be prepared to pay serious consequences should you trust them.
Uh-oh! Then I take my earlier comment back! You folks can surely trust me without reservation. By the way, would you be interested in a bridge that.....[;)][:D]
[:D][:D][:D] You are undoubtably a gentleman, Slow_Hand, and would fit in any where yowanted to go! There is a difference between those of us who have been City Boys and those who are known as City Slickers!0 -
I might be able to shed some light on this subject:
City slickers ---- cant shoe a horse,cant feild dress a deer,cant chainge a flat tire,cant clean a fish, cant track a yote, cant sharpen a knife,cant fix a roof leak on the barn,wont have a clue on what noodling is,but they will have : shinny tires on their pick up ,brand new hunting clothes,brand new Browning shotguns,fitted with the latest gadgets featured in Cabelas cat,they will have on after shave when deer hunting,they will be cooking in their tree stands, having the latest gps systems to hunt in public hunting grounds that are fenced in.They will be talking out loud on their radios, all day long.Oh yea! they will be the first people laughing at your beat up old pick truck,although there is a fifteen point buck strapped to the hood.[;)]0 -
Slang terms have a way of taking on new meanings, or being lost altogether, with time. This is obviously the case with City Slicker and what it means today to some folks. What it has not lost is its unflattering purpose. 0 -
I don't know how to shoe a horse, but I do know that deer strapped to the hood is going to be cooked if you have to drive very far.[:D] Where I live there are very few farms, mostly ranches and you have to drive far to hunt.
I can patch a barn roof, and noodle for catfish as long as we are not in cottonmouth country. I have seen a couple of gators caught that way too.0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
I don't know how to shoe a horse, but I do know that deer strapped to the hood is going to be cooked if you have to drive very far.[:D] Where I live there are very few farms, mostly ranches and you have to drive far to hunt.
I can patch a barn roof, and noodle for catfish as long as we are not in cottonmouth country. I have seen a couple of gators caught that way too.
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quote:Originally posted by BOBBYWINS
"I wonder where the line is that seperates a country boy from a sity slicker?"
You'll know when you cross it.
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BW(the country boy)
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Deer to hood ----figure of speech[:D]
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
I don't know how to shoe a horse, but I do know that deer strapped to the hood is going to be cooked if you have to drive very far.[:D] Where I live there are very few farms, mostly ranches and you have to drive far to hunt.
I can patch a barn roof, and noodle for catfish as long as we are not in cottonmouth country. I have seen a couple of gators caught that way too.0 -
I'm a little bit country, and a little bit rock 'n rool.
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