Redshirt... Urban word of the day
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Redshirt
Expendable characters. Usually say one line or less before being
killed in a plot-convenient manner.
Most often seen in classic 60's Trek.
"Oh no, that Redshirt just fell down the bottomless pit."
"Damn, find me another one."
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shirt
O.E. scyrte "skirt, tunic," from P.Gmc. *skurtijon "a short garment"
(cf. O.N. skyrta, Swed. skjorta "skirt, kirtle;" M.Du. scorte, Du.
schort "apron;" M.H.G. schurz, Ger. Schurz "apron"), from the same
source as O.E. scort, sceort (see short). Formerly of garments worn by
both sexes, but long in modern use only for men; in ref. to women's
tops, reintroduced 1896. Shirt-sleeve in ref. to "without a coat"
first recorded 1566. Bloody shirt, exposed as a symbol of outrage, is
attested from 1586. To give (someone) the shirt off one's back is from
1771. To lose one's shirt "suffer total financial loss" is from 1935.
To keep one's shirt on "be patient" (1904) is from the notion of
stripping down for a fight.
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A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an
undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become in American
English a catch-all term for almost any upper-body garment other than
outerwear such as sweaters or coats, or undergarments such as bras.
The term "top" is sometimes used in ladieswear. In British English, a
shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with
cuffs, and a full vertical opening with buttons. This is known in
American English as a dress shirt.
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A man putting on a pleated "black-tie" shirt
