Marc's definitions are spot on.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Lawrence" <mlawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 23 August, 2004 10:01 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Anyone interested in a Meade 2000mm? or Tamron 300? (OT)
> > John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > Does anyone know what is "cad" is in British parlance?
>
> John, not sure if the above is rhetorical, but...
>
> "Cad" originally was a shortening of "cadet" (servant), but
> in pejorative "classic" parlance means someone who is
> lacking in the more refined manners, and/or has a tendency
> to behave in a manner above their station. It has come to
> generally mean someone (a man) who has behaved in a less
> than honorable fashion, generally to a woman.
>
> "A cad used to be a jumped-up member of the lower classes
> who was guilty of behaving as if he didn't know that his
> lowly origin made him unfit for having sexual relationships
> with well-bred women." (Anthony West, "H.G. Wells: Aspects
> of a Life," 1984)
>
> Cheers
> Marc (no class) Lawrence
> Sydney, Oz
>
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