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It may be obvious to those of us with an interest in etymology, but when the phrase came up in my tabletop gaming group (ages 18-50), they were unanimous (save
by zipwitch 7y ago
It may be obvious to those of us with an interest in etymology, but when the phrase came up in my tabletop gaming group (ages 18-50), they were unanimous (save for myself) that the meaning was "the fast and the dead". I had to resort to a web search to convince them otherwise.
- loco5niner 7y agoProbably due to things like the movie "The Quick and the Dead" about fast vs slow gunfighters.
- swish_bob 7y agoBut that's a pun! It's literally the whole point!
- TheGallopedHigh 7y agoCould possibly also be a play on words...