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by AB-Joel on August 2nd, 2004

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How did the word "bogart" come to mean "steal"?

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  • by Joel Lyons on April 26th, 2005

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    "Don't Bogart That Joint My Friend," by The Fraternity of Man
    was on the Easy Rider Movie Soundtrack:

    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me.
    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me.

    Roll another one
    Just like the other one.
    This one's burnt to the end
    Come on and be a friend.

    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me.
    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me.

    Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oll another one
    Just like the other one.
    You've been hanging on to it
    And I sure would like a hit.

    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me.
    Don't bogart that joint, my friend
    Pass it over to me


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    Comments

    • That's deep man.

      Scottythinks

      by Scottythinks on July 22nd, 2005

    • Haven't heard this one for a very long time. Brings back memories...

      RedJohn

      by RedJohn on October 15th, 2005

    • Cute, but doesn't answer the question of the origin of the phrase.

      Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog

      by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on March 7th, 2006

    • Nice work on the lyrics. I was there and to my knowledge the song created the term--I had never heard it before and I was at least relatively hip. I had seen most of Bogart's pictures, so the terms meaning was instantly obvious. Whether 'hanging from his lip' or otherwise, Bogart always made something of a production out of smoking a cigarette. I still have that album, by the way. Albums were big flat round things covered with grooves.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on January 12th, 2007

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