In Reply to: Hoisted... posted by Charles Hansen on June 20, 2003 at 18:23:51:
Shakespeare used the past tense of the verb 'hoise' in his Hamlet line,
"hoist with one's own petard." The phrase means to be blown up with one's own bomb.
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Follow Ups
- Pedantry alert: its 'hoist' - Leisure7 12:38:16 06/21/03 (5)
- Pedantry alert redux: it's "it's"... - Charles Hansen 16:07:12 06/21/03 (3)
- Correct - Leisure7 13:12:15 06/23/03 (0)
- Re: Pedantry alert redux: it's "it's"... - Todd Krieger 21:06:45 06/21/03 (1)
- Well, yahbut... - Charles Hansen 21:32:05 06/21/03 (0)
- Interesting etymology... - Charles Hansen 15:57:43 06/21/03 (0)