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The Gutter is a message board, used by "Guttersluts." |
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The word "'''gutter'''" refers to a long, thin trough, usually one that runs straight. |
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One type of gutter is also called a 'ditch'; it runs along a [[road|street or road]] and carries water away from the thoroughfare into a [[sewer]]. See also [[eavestrough]]. |
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The popular image of a drunk lying in such a trench gave rise to the [[adjective]] 'gutter', meaning '[[vulgar]]'. Related to this popular usage are the [[idiom]]s 'to be in the gutter', meaning 'to be down on one's [[luck]]' and 'having one's mind in the gutter', meaning 'having vulgar thoughts'. |
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Another type of gutter is found in [[bowling]]. There are, on either side of a lane, long grooves (called, of course, gutters) which are slightly wider than a bowling ball, and a ball can easily roll into them. If it does, the ball cannot strike any pins, and the player receives no points for that throw. |
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A third use of 'gutter' is that used in [[typography]], describing the space between columns of printed text. This has been adapted into [[comics]] [[jargon]] to describe the narrow spaces between panels. |
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Revision as of 06:16, 22 March 2005
The Gutter is a message board, used by "Guttersluts."
Beeverpaste created this board, and is our "king."
www.recliningairbag.com