Sick piggy
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Topic: Sick piggy
Posted By: refugee
Subject: Sick piggy
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 10:22
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I know, of course, the meaning of sick. And I know what a piggy is. I’ve also learned now (after googling) that I should avoid buying a pig that looks sick or listless. That’s not a problem; so far I have avoided buying any pigs at all. But what does I went sick piggy mean? You probably need to know the context to help me: Again it’s from the book The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton. He writes about how he won stage 16 in Tour de France 2003. He writes that he made a solo breakaway, and then he goes on to describe himself during the 96 kilometers of lonely racing: I usually pride myself on keeping somewhat of a poker face, but as the photos of that day show, appearances went out the window: squinty, puffy eyes, tongue out, head lolling back; I went sick piggy. So I’d be very grateful if someone could explain the exact meaning. Does he mean that he looked like a sick piggy, or that he felt like a sick piggy? I’m sure no Norwegian reader would bat an eye if I wrote "Jeg så ut som en stukken gris" ("I looked like a dying pig") – but it’s much more fun asking you.  ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 10:34
I never heard the expression. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 11:03
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I'm guessing he means sick as in crazy, mentally unbalanced. I have not heard the phrase before either, though.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:36
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It appears (from a brief Interweb search) that the only person ever to have used the exact phrase is Tyler Hamilton, so basically he made it up. ------------- What? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:41
I'm pretty sure that he is basically saying that he looked like a sick pig. Maybe even a dead one.  ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:41
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:45
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Sure, he was probably as "sick as a pig" or "pig-sick", but the phrase "went sick piggy" is not a common idiom. ------------- What? |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:50
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Oink you very much for the answers. Hamilton is from Marblehead,
Massachusetts, so it might be an expression the kids used in his hometown. Any Marbleheaders around fourty here? I guess not.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 12:59
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I like Soft Kitty ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 13:06
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"soft kitty..warm kitty..little ball of fur...." -------------
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 19 2012 at 18:00
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Bostoners have a special accent and they also have some slang words, my english phonetic lecturer is from Boston, Massachusetts, she might have said it wonce as it soudns Bostonian -------------  
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