Thursday, October 12, 2006

Word of the Day: Shibboleth

Shibboleth: a word, pronounciation, custom, practice, or behavior that is distinctinve to a particular group.

I came across this word in an interesting Rift Magazine article about what First Ave was like in 1987. "At the time, the club also employed several iffy skinhead types that made me seriously uncomfortable. These were the guys with neck tattoos before visible tats became a hipster shibboleth in the mid '90s."

Read more about this fascinating word courtesy of Answers.com, and don't forget to check out the website of the famous Dallas, TX instrumental rock trio Shibboleth...

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