On 2010-12-30 17:08:19 -0600, Elko T said:
> Kathryn Huxtable wrote:
>> On 2010-12-30 16:10:10 -0600, Elko T said:
>> 
>>> Joseph DeMartino wrote:
>>>> On Dec 29, 11:46 pm, Luigi Rosa  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  imp. Hacker-standard way of
suggesting that the person to
>>>>> whom you are speaking has succumbed to terminal
geekdom. Often heard on
>>>>> . This exhortation was originally
uttered by William Shatner on
>>>>> a Saturday Night Live episode in a speech which ended
"Get a *life*!".
>>>>> --Jargon File
>>>> 
>>>> Er - wrong.    "Get a job, get a clue, get a
life", later shortened
>>>> to just "get a life", was already a cliche when
it was being directed
>>>> and hippies and slackers in the early 70s, before SNL even
went on the
>>>> air.  Anyone who thinks it started with Shatner's
"Trek" con sketch is
>>>> suffering from a severe temporal dislocation.
>>> 
>>> Maybe you're right about the origin of the "get a
life" word sequence, 
>>> but I think you're wrong about the meaning attached to its contemporary 
>>> use. Who in their right mind would address a *hippie* with the current 
>>> "get a life"? They already *have* all the life they need, 
>>> thankyouverymuch. :)
>> 
>> Not according to the people using the expression, they don't.
> 
> But do they use the short form? I'd think they'd use the full form "Get 
> a job, get a clue, get a life" to address a hippie, while just "get a 
> life" is almost the same as "get laid". Or maybe I'm wrong in my 
> understanding here?
I'm a bit young to have been a hippie, but I knew some back in the day. 
I also knew people who had a visceral distaste, or even hatred, for the 
hippies.
These people would say pretty much anything that expressed their 
disgust. The short form, the long form, an obscenity, whatever. I heard 
it.
-K
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