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.
-K
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