You may be correct in defining this BIL as an attitude towards life .... if
it's not necessary or value added, don't waste your time. I'd call that an
intelligent attitude, but not lazy. I think people using the term on this
list are not actually lazy, but just poking a bit of fun at themselves for
being smart enough to figure out a better and faster way to do something.
For the truly lazy, we also use the term lazy-bone. It is a derogatory
term and usually used by hard workers who are disgusted by the truly lazy.
A truly lazy person wouldn't appoint themselves chairman ... they'd let
someone else do it. : )
Lobo
Cindy Chiu <cychiu@ctimail.com> wrote:
>I was away for holiday and have not read the BB digest for nearly a month.
>When I read it again, there is this term B-I-L bone idle lazy. I have not
>figure out what and how this emerge.(from other mails, many people do not
>neither). There is a funny coincidence in traditional Chinese saying of
>calling people "lazy -bone". This means that the person is extremely lazy
>deep to the bone, it carries a bit of negative sense.It appears that this
>B-I-L is a attitude towards life--if smth is not necessary or value added,
>don't do it . This can be considered a correct attitute in modern life. It
>seems that there are many people who avocate and there is sort of a club.
>Has it got a chairman?