October 28th, 2005 at 05:55am Posted by Bill
Word: “John Henry”
Usage: Slang for “signature”, used instead of “John Hancock”
Example: “Hey Bill, I need your John Henry here on the dotted line for this delivery of new computers.”
Understand this please, folks: “John Hancock” is the accepted slang term for one’s signature, because John Hancock is famous for his large, flamboyant signature on the Declaration of Independence.
John Henry was a steel driving man, Lord Lord.
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1. rebecca marie | October 31st, 2005 at 9:39 am
tell me someone did NOT say that. please?
2. Bill | October 31st, 2005 at 10:14 am
Oh, yes, exactly as I quoted it in the example above.
3. tabitha jane | November 4th, 2005 at 1:31 pm
for real. word of the day is my favorite part of your blog.
4. Bill | November 5th, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Thanks, Tabitha! I’ll try to put more here soon…
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