# What's the meaning of this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258 "2000-02-15T06:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/1 "2000-02-15T06:24:00Z")
What do the following cliches mean? a) Hair of the dog b) Silver tongue ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/2 "2000-02-15T06:28:00Z")
The hair of the dog refers to hangover treatments. The hair of the dog (that bit you) means to have a drink of whatever felled you the night before. Silver tongue: speaking with a- to be glib, a real bullshit artist. Like a poster. šŸ˜ƒ * * * Then weā€™ll turn our tommy guns on the screaming ravaged nuns and the peoples voice will be the only sound. -P. Sky ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/3 "2000-02-15T06:28:00Z")
Hair of the Dog: alcoholic drinks; more specifically, the same type you were drinking to abuse the night before. Fully, itā€™s ā€œhair of the dog that bit youā€; the alcohol last night is the stuff that ā€œbitā€ you and made you feel crummy. The ā€œhairā€ is just a little bit of what you were drinking. The theory is that drinking a little of what gave you a hangover the morning after will make you feel better. Cecil debated whether this helps or not in a column that Iā€™m too lazy to search for. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/4 "2000-02-15T06:30:00Z")
Do you want to know what they mean or where they originated? Hair of dog is not the whole cliche. Itā€™s the hair of the dog that bit you. Meaning if youā€™re hung over(bit by a dog) then have another drink(have some of its hair). Silver tongue is someone who is glib. Or the six million dollar porno star. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/5 "2000-02-15T06:30:00Z")
Well hair of the dog is a euphemism use to help cure a hang overā€¦ie take a drink of whatever you had to drink the night before thus ā€œtaking a bit of the hair of the dog that bit youā€ or something like that. Silver tongue I suppose means to be very a very glib and fast talker who posesses the charisma to make people believe him. * * * ā€œI think it speaks to the duality of man sir.ā€ (private Joker in Full Metal Jacket) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/6 "2000-02-15T06:31:00Z")
Hair of the dog: The full expression is ā€˜the hair of the dog that bit youā€™. Long ago it was believed that you needed some part of a thing that had injured you to cure you. One dogbite remedy involved applying a poultice that included hair from the dog in question. The expression specifically refers to treating a hangover with a drink the next morning (or afternoon, if it was a classic bender). Silver tongue: WAG here, but I would imagine that it is related to the easy analogy between words that flow out smoothly and quickly to mercury, otherwise known as quicksilver. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/7 "2000-02-15T06:34:00Z")
Five way simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/8 "2000-02-15T06:35:00Z")
So, are 5 simulposts with the same/similar information some kind of record? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/9 "2000-02-15T06:37:00Z")
Well, I couldnā€™t say, but at least weā€™ve cleared up the controversy that NickyLarson, AWB, Biggirl, aha, and I are the same person. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/10 "2000-02-15T06:42:00Z")
Hereā€™s the link to Cecilā€™s [hangover](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_230.html) column. Oddly enough, I posted it in a different thread just this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/11 "2000-02-15T17:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by tanstaafl: > **Five way simulpost!** I must ask: Being a relatively new little nephew to Uncle Cecilā€™s Message Boards, does the term ā€œdouble postingā€ refer to: a) posting the same reply within a thread b) posting the same question as another poster on the same message board c) ā€œaā€ as well as ā€œbā€ d) an earring with two posts (ha-ha) Obviously, in this context, the meaning is clear, but could it also mean ā€œbā€? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/12 "2000-02-15T17:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by NickyLarson: > **Silver tongue: speaking with a- to be glib, a real bullshit artist.** IMHO: Moreoften, I have heard of a gilded tongue. I took this to mean basically the same thing. I base this upon the phrase ā€œgilding the lillyā€. To you posters, is a gilded tongue the same as a silver tongue? ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/7258/13 "2000-02-16T06:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I must ask: Being a relatively new little nephew to Uncle Cecilā€™s Message Boards, does the term ā€œdouble postingā€ refer to: A ā€œDouble Postā€ is when a single person posts the same message twice. Usually these are identical and seem to be caused by glitches in their browser or in the board software somewhere. A ā€œSimulpostā€ is when two or more people answer a question at more-or-less the same time. This happens when they check the thread, donā€™t see any answers and answer it themselves, not knowing that three other people are typing in their answers at that same moment. Iā€™m not sure if a five-way simulpost is a record, but five is the highest Iā€™ve seen. * * * ā€œDrink your coffee! Remember, there are people sleeping in China.ā€ [dennis@mountaindiver.com](mailto:dennis@mountaindiver.com) [www.mountaindiver.com](http://www.mountaindiver.com)