If you just happen to be of an atheist kidney

[astro]

I had never, ever heard this word used this way before. Is this use archaic or are my vocabulary skills incomplete?
From the Random House Dictionary

kid-ney (kid’nee) n. pl. <-neys>
1. one of a pair of organs in the rear of
the upper abdominal cavity of
vertebrates that filter waste from the
blood, excrete uric acid or urea, and
maintain water and electrolyte balance.
2. any similar structure in invertebrates.
3. the meat of an animal’s kidney used as
food.
4. constitution or temperament.
5. kind; sort: to associate only with people
of one’s own kidney.

A matter of belief -Can atheists prove that God doesn’t exist?

. By symmetry, if you just happen to be of an atheist kidney, like Katha Pollitt and Christopher Hitchens, or indeed Marlon Brando and Jodie Foster, no theist will be able to convict you of irrationality, either.

[Jake]

Seems to me I’ve read the word “kidney” used like this. somewhere long ago but I’m not of a book reading kidney these days.

Huh? Oh.

[Ferret_Herder]

I hadn’t heard of the 5th definition either.

[AncientHumanoid]

*Originally posted by Ferret Herder *
**I hadn’t heard of the 5th definition either. **

You know, they did that song “Aquarius”

[Olentzero]

Well, a quick glance in the OED online shows that the latest usage of kidney to mean “temperance, nature, constitution, disposition” was in 1880 in a book by Benjamin Disraeli. So they don’t rate it as ‘obsolete’, but it certainly sounds like it’s heading that way.

[Lissa]

“Atheist Kidney” sounds like a great name for a band.

[MsRobyn]

My kidneys may be atheist, but the rest of me is Jewish. <rimshot>

Robin

[Jake]

NoClueBoy. You beat me to it! The 5th definition is one of my favorite bands.
Can’t beat the Manhatarn Thrasnfer though.