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| (...) In US colloquial usage to be a stud is (derived from breeder, and then derived from "success with the oppposite sex" I guess) to be someone who can pull amazing feats off, or more generally, someone to be admired. It was a weak usage, but the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Ft7ryo.ECC@lugnet.com... (...) site: (...) wonder (...) pardon (...) had (...) studs (...) meaning of (...) derived (...) It has the same general meaning here (Scotland/UK) too, but it is (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) "don't" know anyone? If that is what you meant, then I guess it would be a cultural thing. There is no higher praise for a man in the US than to be called a stud (synonymous with "The Man" or "Da Man" as in "You da Man!"). Translations aside, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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