In the pink

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Subject: White, Clear, Silver....
>
>If "in the white" means "metal in the raw", why did they pick 
>"white" instead of "silver" or "clear"....
>Mark

Like someone else, I only know about guns in the "white", and I have no 
idea why the word white came into use. How about bare? 

You know if you non-anglo and were about to consummate a relationship 
with a person of the same color, and if she were without clothes, saying 
to her that she was now in the "white" could be a serious matter.

John


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