Often, using words, we do not think about their true meaning or origin.Why, because everything is clear, it would seem, at the level of intuition.However, such an attitude to nature slang terms may result in, at best, to a misunderstanding or grievances, at worst, may call upon to answer.The word "goof" - a vivid example.What does it mean and where appeared in our vocabulary?
fuckers are different
In fact, this word has many meanings.For example, uzkolisty or silver goof - is a plant that grows in Siberia, China, Europe and Japan.Yet there is a village in the Saratov region of the same name.And they represent the Scots freshwater lakes, bays with great depth, such as Loch Ness."Loh" is referred to as male salmon fish during the breeding period (spawning) and special boat system for extinguishing.So that the value of this word, there are quite a lot, but mostly it is used in the address of the person.
On concepts
criminal world, oddly enough, has a very clear structure, where the boundaries of black and white have a fairly abrupt transitions.You're either a thief or a cop or a goof.That is, people far and from criminal and the law enforcement community, an ordinary citizen, who a priori is a potential victim of theft, cheating, robbery, etc. Loch - a person who does not expect that it wants to cheat in any way, but because trusting,not "catching mice," rustic.Most often, such a person is easy prey, because resistance is likely, will not.For example, the back pocket is called "Lokhovsky".For only the very naive or overly self-confident person believes that what was supposed to (the money, the phone, the document), 100% will remain with him.Deceive Lohan ("breed")-has put trifling.It's the same thing as a child's ice pick.And because such things are not a matter of pride for professional thieves, "Shchipachev" (pickpockets) and other representatives of the criminal hierarchy.Most goof - is the target "gopoty" small fry, not competing for honor, glory and prestige, but greedy for quick and easy profit.The word is often regarded as an abbreviation, depending on the value, which is used.Thus, the victim of thieves or fraudsters can be a person, deceived hooligans.The same word, but with a different decoding can be called homosexual prisoner without voting rights.
The world
large number of words migrates from the criminal circles in a wide vocabulary, vocabulary informal, teens and just the masses.Often they get somewhat distorted value due to changes in the social environment.So, today in ordinary life, remote from the criminals and the lawyers, the Loch - a mug.By the way, this is how it interprets the word dictionary Dahl.Naive individuals who quite simply cheat, cheat, extract with the benefits for themselves.Saying, "You - the Loch you - schmuck" means: "You - no, empty space, a loser, which will, by anyone."There is derived from this word.Scam, for example - is a way to raise the corresponding naive cohort.
