Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:15:24 -0500

From: Jesse T Sheidlower jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM

Subject: Re: "Full Monty"



Just saw "The Full Monte." Wonderful film. But what is the origin of the

term? My desktop Partridge is no help.



It's a British expression meaning broadly 'everything possible;

the whole nine yards; the whole enchilada'. The origin is

uncertain; I think citations have been found back to the mid-

1980s.



Jesse Sheidlower

jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com