Aloof

[liralen]

bryant, do you remember when we used to play Windward and Liward on TooMUSH?

I just found out that you were aloof when I was alee.

It amused me unduly.

Comments

[ross_teneyck]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms is an entertaining read... if you didn't happen to know the origin of, say, "by and large" or "taken aback," well, now you do :)

[liralen]

Coool! Thank you!!

[bryant]

Ha! I do, but I hadn't thought of it in ages...

[liralen]

Hee. Yeah. Me, neither, until I ran into the complete definition of "aloof".