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Old 20-Nov-2006, 15:38
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Default Re: V to kill as a positive connotation?

If it is a showbiz expression, remember in show business, it is bad luck to wish someone good luck. That is where the expression, "break a leg" comes from. So show business people will often reverse things to express a positive.
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