Talk:balsam

In the sense "money" - can anyone provide citations? And is it "vulgar" or just informal? &mdash; Paul G 09:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * It’s a very old slang term for money, and the word "vulgar" that describes it is likewise an old sense of the word, meaning "the vulgar tongue", colloquial, and has nothing to do with dirty language. —Stephen 16:44, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That's a valid use of vulgar, but our category "Vulgarities" is for the offensive sort. From the category: "Terms in this category are considered vulgar. They are likely to cause offense in polite company or formal situations due to their tone, even if they carry no insult directly."   I've changed the entry to colloquial; it's probably also obsolete, but I haven't gone digging.  Incidentally, this def is a copy/paste from the "Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue", published in several editions; the 1811 version is available on Gutenberg .  We've had a few contributors that have added entries from that as "vulgar".  --Jeffqyzt 20:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have read it once as far as I can recall. O'Henry? However, no cites, and I am not looking for them. Rfvfailed for now.

"Def = money. Andrew massyn 19:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)