Born SLIPPY?

[nq:1]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) is desperate to know what "slippy" means in the title of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please? Hanna[/nq]
I suspect it's intended to stand for 'slippery'

John Dean
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[nq:2]Someone on pl.hum.tlumaczenia (a Polish translation newsgroup) is desperate to ... of the Underworld song "Born Slippy". Can anyone help please?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect it's intended to stand for 'slippery'As in "wet, smooth or oily so that it slides easily or causes ... it may have something to do with intoxication (alcohol / drugs?), but I haven't been able to find any confirmation.[/nq]

[nq:2]I suspect it's intended to stand for 'slippery'[/nq]
[nq:1]As in "wet, smooth or oily so that it slides easily or causes something to slide" or "Someone who is ... to do with intoxication (alcohol / drugs?), but I haven't been able to find any confirmation. Hanna PS. Definitions from[/nq]


It could be either of those, or both. It could have (looking at the song lyrics) somet

[nq:1]Or it could have been designed as one of those enigmatic titles which, having noobvious connection with the song to which it refers, is intended to provoke,tease, tantalise and generally stimulate discussion with a view to sellingrecords.[/nq]
Yeah, someone on alt.usage.english explained that "Born Slippy" was actually the name of a greyhound. And to think I've been looking in dictionari

According to one dictionary site I found, "slippy" is Brit slang for "alert" or "quick".

[nq:1]According to one dictionary site I found, "slippy" is Brit slang for "alert" or "quick".That would fit - care to share the URL?[/nq]
Hanna

The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure himself by saying, "that's what it says in the original", and renouncing the struggle to do his best.
(William Weaver)

[nq:2]Or it could have been designed as one of those ... tantalise and generally stimulate discussion with a view to selling[/nq]
[nq:1]records. Yeah, someone on alt.usage.english explained that "Born Slippy" was actually the name of a greyhound. And to think I've been looking in dictionaries! Why a greyhound would be called "Born Slippy" is another problem altogether. Because it was slippy wh

[nq:1]That would fit - care to share the URL? Hanna[/nq]
Yeah, sorry.
http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=slippy

[nq:1]http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=slippyBrilliant, thanks a lot.[/nq]
Hanna

The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure himself by saying, "that's what it says in the original", and renouncing the struggle to do his best.
(Wil

[nq:1]Though the more you dig, the more discrepancies there are in the story. On some occasions the band 'saw the dog running' on others they 'read thename in a formbook'Remember, they were drunk, they probably don't know themselves. :-) Thanks for your help,[/nq]
Hanna

The worst mistake a translator can commit is to reassure himself by saying, "that's what it says in the original", a