Date:    Thu, 23 Apr 1998 12:54:38 -0700
<br>From:    Andrea Vine <Andrea.Vine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>Subject: wailing was:Re: P.S. on banshees
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<br>}}  I've heard it too.  I've also heard "we were just wailing," meaning working
<br>}}intensely.  Also, "the police were wailing on him" usually means someone
<br>}}resisting arrest has police using their billy clubs on him, though not
<br>}}screaming like banshees while doing so.
<br>}}Bill King
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<br>Hmm, I tend to associate that with "whaling" rather than "wailing", though I
<br>truly don't know the origin.  Does anyone know the origins of that "teen
<br> slang"?
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<br>Andrea
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