Re: Found phrase -- leaning forward
Posted by masakim on September 26, 2002
at In Reply to: Found phrase -- leaning forward
posted by ESC on September 26, 2002
: LEANING FORWARD - " 'Leaning
forward' is one of Donald Rumsfeld's favorite expressions. An old cold-war term,
familiar to soldiers and spies, it means the willingness to be aggressive, to
take risks. 'I want every one of you to know how forward-leaning we are,' the
secretary of Defense told a room full of Marine generals and Navy admirals." Newsweek,
Sept. 16, 2002.
Lean forward in the saddle v phr Army by 1970s To be eager and
anxious; = be RARING TO GO
From _Dictionary of American Slang, Third Edition_
(1995) by Robert L. Chapman
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"It's the difference between what
is often called the 'lean forward' experience of the PC, versus the 'lean back'
experience of television."
--Mitchell Kertzmann (interviewee), "The Nightly
Business Report," National Public Radio, November 30, 2000
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