Talk:deadbeat
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Espoo in topic Etymology
Etymology[edit]
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=deadbeat --Espoo (talk) 18:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Do we want the modern definition banks use? When you pay off your credit card regularly, they don't like it, because you're not paying interest. They call such people a deadbeat, even though the meaning is the reverse of the original.