The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-17
GREEN BUG NOT ''23"
, .,.st Phrase Crowned King Of
Slang Domain.
STARTED IN WALL STREET.

-. Brain Storm on Chicago Board
Trade Makes Western Insect "a.
-.a.-Human cOuntsrparts Of Emsr-
Il suzzsr Plentiful.
mont be a green bugF
Tba green bug has been crowned
.,ng of the slang domain. On the
IA Of May just past proud 's23" sadly
,.Sod the ermine and passed out into
~ cold rain, says the Chicago News.
rnswise the naughty lemon shambled
ANN its golden salver back to the
anti stand Of commerce. Apart from
Az the coronation was a gala affair,
and the ceremony progressed without
hitch. The new monarch is a pro-
ssca of the Chicago board of trade, but
4 influence will now be felt in every
art Of the United States where rules
English as she is spoke.
n Is to Wall street the green bug
oves his new job. Dispatches said
nat foes Of big financiers there are
announced as green bugs" being de-
dared worse than destructive insects
il the western wheat plains. This
apction Of the green bug as a term
"a correct language was followed by
syidences of it's adoption in many cir
dies in Chicago. Then conspirators,
sizing upon the ominous pertend of
the calendar snatched the scepter from
Door '23" and placed the bauble In the
waiting claws of the green bug.
i For those who would tumble to the
inner significance of the emerald buzz
mr the following Websterian defini-
ion will be useful:
GREEN BUG, n.-A knocker; q cold wa
ter sprayer; damp blanket wielder; one
Who planes the edge from anothers en-
hyment a joy Jolter; a hammer artist;
n anvil chorister; one who spoils a good
+ ding; a person at whose approach the
Ore alarm is turned in: one who attempts
10 slip the bolt and burn the axle grease
N the wheel Of progress.
Are you next?
Never mind those green bugs" said
Lasalle street broker in Chicago the
eher day, referring to persons who
we're decrying certain securities.
4Jes' try some more green bug buz.
in' about me an my affairs an I'll
bend in yer chinw a messenger boy
@tside remarked to a companion
though the corner of his mouth not
Rsupied by a cigarette.
Them green bugs tried to crab my
an told the manager had give a
I Of whiskered wheezes a fresh
kaye," complained Thespian in pearl
luton shoes to a fellow with curly
hF at Clark and Randolph streets, the
Chicago Rialto.
These samples give you a Whit of
he blast that is to come. The brain
storm, it is feared, will be mere cere-
bal soughing in comparison.
7 believe there is a weather green
bug as well as a crop pest" said
Charles Comiskey, idol Of the new
Knights of the Garter, or supporters
q Se sox. He was gazing mournful-
y at the American league diamond,
which from its watery eyed aspect re-
smbed plate glass. The skies grew
IelOwish green at this and squeezed
few tears.
On the board OF trade one must
Aandle the words "green bug" with kid
Doves. If you don't, you may have to
aandle your bare fists. The best way
discover whether a man was 'long'
wheat or If he was caught short"
9 the rise is to call him a green bug.
y will do one Of two things-he will
nag you to the nearest pair Of wicker
hiding doors or he will depress your
1se If he does the latter, it is 10 to l
nat he was bearing the market If
does the former, tits a certainty
nat he was bulling it and now is hog
tng It.
he real green bug multiplies itself
ahe lightning, and its slang use will
P'sad itself over the map with the
ane enthusiasm.