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Re: what's "regular joes"

Posted By: Howard, on host 68.215.142.113
Date: Monday, February 9, 2004, at 07:21:52
In Reply To: what's "regular joes" posted by Michael on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 23:54:35:

> anybody tell me?I think it should be a daily used slang,but what does it exactly mean?
>
> thanks a lot!

It goes back to World War II when young American males were called "joes." This probably started in England. A regular joe was just a guy who was not famous or special in any way. The term "guy,"
used in the same way, went back to World War I. Used this way, joe and guy are not proper nouns.
How"regular guy"ard

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