The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Retort

In answer to Polish greeting of "jak tam wiszi," (how's it hanging?) one might say "STOI!"

It literally means standing, but may be translated as "up tight and out of sight" or "everything is ok."

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James Callow comment:

Reply to Greeting. Greeting itself is already on another card. Greeting?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Casual ; CONVERSATION ; POLISH ; RETORT ; SLANG