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?

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