Freebie, come! Which of us at least once in his life did not call her in one form or another or did not hope for her? But few people know what a freebie really is. Is she a beast, a bird, some mythical creature, something like a brownie, superpower? Mysterious, mysterious and unknown, but no less desirable because of this.
What is a freebie?
Let's start with the definition. Despite all the mystery of the freebie, this concept is described by lexicographers and enshrined in dictionaries. The article will consider only some of the explanations given to this word, which are the most interesting, diverse and curious.
The first, perhaps, it is worth mentioning V. I. Dahl and the written down explanations of the word "freebie". So, what is a freebie, according to the collector of the words "living Great Russian language"?
g. south app. boot shaft | wide and short machine sleeve; | glassmaking. glass blown into a bubble; Freebies unzipped with scissors and chop. | * Vyat. mouth, mouth, pharynx, hailo, freebie. | * Bran. about. slut, messy, untidy; | listless, sleepy, lazy and trashy. | * Obscene woman. Free Arch. untidy, unwanted. | Psk. listless, frail, lifeless. Freestuff, Freestuff, related to a freebie. Free master, glassmaker. which blows a freebie on sheet glass. Free arch. to freeze that, to pollute, to mess up, to make dirt.
As you can see, the meanings of the concept of "freebie" by Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl are quite specific. There is no question of getting a freebie here: why would anyone call on a boot or boot? In pronouncing the word "freebie," we clearly mean otherwise.
A modern understanding of the term is reflected in T.F.Efremova's dictionary, which was published at the beginning of the two thousandth and constantly reprinted dictionary. Let's see what a freebie is, according to this dictionary.
1. g. acceleration-reduction.
( as well as a patient)
1) Negligence.
2) trans. Getting smth. free of charge; free play.
2. m. And f. acceleration-reduction.
1) Slut, disheveled.
2) Use. like the swear word that such a person is called.
And here the question naturally arises here: "But how did all our cherished, about freebie-darmatism, grow out of all those specific meanings?"
Where did the freebie come from?
There are several versions about where the meaning of the gift from the word "freebie" came from.
The first version is associated with a boot top. The fact is that they carried different things behind a wide freebie: robbers and military people hid weapons behind it in order to be able to quickly grab it, and people held supplies or even a spoon completely worse than a freebie. It was customary to feed the soldier in the hope that somewhere far away someone would also feed his bloodstream for nothing. So such a soldier took out a spoon because of a freebie and slurped a gratuitous soup. And there were also those who enjoyed someone else's cordiality and profited from the owners. To get something for free has become to mean getting something for nothing, without making any effort, easily and simply.
It is assumed that at first the word gained this meaning in Polish dialects, where the shaft directly sounds like “cholewa”. At the same time, in many Slavic languages, a bootleg was called for a very long time, even at the stage of their commonality.
The second version, also associated with a freebie-boot and boot work. According to this version, a freebie or freebie is very simple to manufacture, it was sewn much faster than the rest of the boot, and therefore shoemakers often deceived customers by making not completely new boots. And some, on the contrary, made only the lower part of the boot, and the old boot was adjusted. Deception came out both, and so, and this work soon began to be called on the problematic part, a freebie.
Why call a freebie and who called her first?
Freebies, any student will tell us, are called for luck. They began to call her, as far as can be restored from her recollections and testimonies, in about the seventies of the last century, during the late USSR. Perhaps she was initially drafted in a theatrical setting, and later this ritual was picked up and developed by students.
Basically a freebie is a student image, although it is partly known to college and high school students. The extension of the use of the term to a younger group in the educational sphere can be associated with the development of social ties, greater mobility of youth, and the mixing of social and cultural layers.
The geography of the distribution of the image of a freebie is not limited to Russia, but also covers neighboring countries, for example Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus. At least, students in these countries could mostly answer the question of what a freebie is, and also put forward their versions of how to get it.
Also, according to some students, a freebie is not a household name at all. It turns out that the name is Freebie ... the soul of the expelled student, taking revenge on the teachers and patronizing the passing session.
How to get a freebie and how to save it?
Finally - a couple of practical tips on freebies.
Like many rituals, especially pagan rites, mystical, spiritualistic sessions, the call of a freebie is carried out in the twilight, at midnight, right on the night of the exam.
In order to get a freebie, you need to open the record on the page on which the mark should appear tomorrow, and put the mark in the window or open window. In modern conditions, you can go out with an offset to the balcony. When waving a document, you need to shout as loud as possible the spell-formula: "Freebie, come!", "Freebie, help!", "Freebie, catch!". The more people wake up from your scream, the better, because it increases the chances of luring luck.
For fidelity, you can also sprinkle bread crumbs or pieces of cheese in the window. Freebies, according to many students, really like cheese and are willingly caught on it.
Having caught a freebie, you need to save it, tightly closing the record and bandaging it crosswise with threads. In the exam, in no case do not open the record yourself! This should be done only by the teacher.