What is the origin of the phrase: "Here's the skinny on that"?

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What is the origin of the phrase: "Here's the skinny on that"?

2007-01-05 03:51:16 · 1 answers · asked by Random Precision 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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This is a shortened version of the "skinny naked truth" which comes from World War 2. Skinny in this case meaning "resembling skin" and being redundant with naked. This phrase literally is asking for the naked, unobscured truth.

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Skinny is defined as inside information. Hence "what's the skinny" literally asks what is the inside information. This definition may derive from the "skinny naked truth".

2007-01-05 04:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋