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by Strong Eagle » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:32 pm
Reminds me of the guy that was going to open up a whorehouse and run it by hand until he got some women.
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by Barczar » Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:37 pm
G-R-O-A-N!!

I'll see you hand joke and raise you another variation:
I heard running a brothel was more like doing the laundry...if it's a small load you can just do it by hand!
If you want to play with the Big Dogs you can't pee like a Puppy!
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by Louis13 » Fri, 31 Aug 2007 2:25 am
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Louis13 wrote:Coy = Company

Not quite.
Co. = Company
Coy = Coy, # adjective: affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
# adjective: modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures (Example: "Like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled")
# adjective: showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement (Example: "A politician coy about his intentions")
# name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 10000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #693)
# name: A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2526)
As Barczar would say, "if you want to play with the big dogs you can't pee like a little puppy"
Check this out buddy.
http://www.1stcanpara.org/
For real man who been to Army will understand.

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by Strong Eagle » Fri, 31 Aug 2007 6:10 am
Louis13 wrote:sundaymorningstaple wrote:Louis13 wrote:Coy = Company

Not quite.
Co. = Company
Coy = Coy, # adjective: affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
# adjective: modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures (Example: "Like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled")
# adjective: showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement (Example: "A politician coy about his intentions")
# name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 10000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #693)
# name: A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2526)
As Barczar would say, "if you want to play with the big dogs you can't pee like a little puppy"
Check this out buddy.
http://www.1stcanpara.org/
For real man who been to Army will understand.

Indeed, you can also find this abbreviation at acronym finder.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/acronym.as ... C04FC2C2BF}
But this is a very unusual abbreviation for company and I have never seen it before. As you can see when you use such terms your thread is liable to go off topic.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 31 Aug 2007 1:42 pm
Louis,
Still peeing like a puppy huh! Took you all that time to find that. Tell me about your MACHO military service.
As a former CWO chopper pilot in the NAM, I never saw company abbreviated like that and apparently if you did local NS you never did either (course that's not really Army either is it)
http://www.militarywords.com/result.aspx?term=COY sorta has to make you wonder.......

Maybe the guy who made the website didn't know how to abbreviate? I've never seen it used in the US (SE's link shows it to be more business or finance but in over 20 years of business and taxation in the US and here in Singapore I've never seen it used at all. Has to be obscure to say the least. Course if he is a coy escort he's going to remind pretty obscure as well.

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by Superglide » Fri, 31 Aug 2007 1:59 pm
Need an escort, call me.
Sounds fishy indeed...
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by cutiebutie » Tue, 04 Sep 2007 5:20 pm
Souns fishy to me

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by Winxkid » Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:46 pm
wonder why people nowadays will have time to debate on coy or co? after explaination by the ST explaining coy means company...tt's else or benefit do u get from debating any further?... 2cents..
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by Superglide » Thu, 06 Sep 2007 1:03 pm
How come I am not surprised to read you wold use coy as well?

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by Winxkid » Thu, 06 Sep 2007 1:05 pm
local military uses coy as a short form for company. You can treat it as a form of singlish. Its just one of language barrier isnt it? why kicking a big fuse over it? Relax guys
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by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 06 Sep 2007 6:37 pm
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by micknlea » Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:53 pm
It's not singlish, nor is it only common in Singapore. Coy. is a recognised abbreviation for Company relating to business and military. Probably just not used as much anymore, but definitely still around and acceptable.

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by Louis13 » Wed, 03 Oct 2007 1:15 am
Nothing is more fishy if one telling me they don't do it. Unless u DIY?
Just wanting to get some feedback and no harm. Peace.

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