[thechat] Re: [thechat] Schadenfreüde

[William Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Crawford" <joe at artlung.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [thechat] Schadenfreüde


> [snippage]
>
> Particularly: "chancer" is the word I don't get.

every time I hear the word "chancer" now, I think of Chancer as played by
Andy Gray in "City Lights" ... :)

- http://uk.imdb.com/M/title-exact?"City+Lights"+(1987)

but "chancer" basically means "someone who does well by audacity, and has a
permanent couch on the luck plane ... especially if their luck is propped up
with some dodgy dealings" (http://www.smug.com/12/mystery.html)

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