Date:  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:15:24 -0500
From:  Jesse T Sheidlower <jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM>
Subject: Re: "Full Monty"

> Just saw "The Full Monte." Wonderful film. But what is the origin of the
> term? My desktop Partridge is no help.

It's a British expression meaning broadly 'everything possible;
the whole nine yards; the whole enchilada'. The origin is
uncertain; I think citations have been found back to the mid-
1980s.

Jesse Sheidlower
<jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com>