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From Sean McLain - Harry's Nephew and son of Harry's sister Cathi McLain:
My Uncle Harry always called me a whippersnapper. In fact, he called me a whippersnapper every time I saw him. If I had a dollar for every time Uncle Harry called me a whippersnapper, I’d be a millionaire at this point. And while no one actually gave me a dollar each time Harry called me a whippersnapper, my heart and soul grew each time he did.
Funny thing is, I never actually looked up the definition until now...or bothered to ask a reliable source…”why is my uncle calling me a whippersnapper and what does it actually mean?” I’m sure my Mother (Harry’s sister) probably told me a time or two, but I’m also fairly certain that I wasn’t listening...probably because I actually was...a whippersnapper.
The definition of whippersnapper is as follows: “a young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.” Synonyms for whippersnapper include: pipsqueak, squirt, stripling, brat, and minx.
I’m glad Harry never called me a minx!
Definition of minx: “an impudent, cunning, or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman.”
In all those years of being called a whippersnapper, I always just thought it was a funny sounding, made up word between my uncle and me...and I loved it. I loved it especially because of the way he delivered it - with love and silliness. Still, I never knew that it was actually a real term dating all the way back to the 1600’s.
The plot thickens...According to the Oxford dictionary, the opposite of a whippersnapper is called an “Old Hand” with the definition: “a person with a lot of experience in something.”
INTERESTING!
The realization suddenly hit me like a hangover after my 40th birthday!
(please note: only people 40 or older will understand that).
It dawned on me that Uncle Harry...this entire time…was the Old Hand of the House of Noble Whippersnappers and I was one of his noble whippersnapper apprentices!
It’s like one of those movies...you know the kind...with the surprise ending where every strange or confusing thing you just saw suddenly makes sense all at once. You know the one.
So...as I briefly mentioned in my metaphor above, I turned 40 this year.
Whoa. Forty. And in the year 2020 nonetheless (because it was an easy year and not much happened - cough cough).
How time catches up and goes so fast sometimes...
I know that 40 is now the new 20, but still...a lot of things have happened in 40 years and a lot of experience has been gained. And in that time, I have not only become “a person with a lot of experience in something” but rather much more than that. I have come to truly understand why you, Uncle Harry, called me a whippersnapper for all those years...and as the tables continue to turn with time, I am starting to realize that I’m becoming an Old Hand too. The apprentice becoming master.
Setting whippersnapper's aside for just a moment, and for those of you who don’t already know me, I come with a certain palpable degree of silliness. Uncle Harry was one of my greatest mentors while learning the “art of silliness” and this is what I cherish the most about my memories with him. Talking way too loud in absurd foreign accents about ridiculous things was par for the course any time we got together. British accents were usually the most popular...because we are part of the House of Noble Whippersnappers after all! Buttflaps happened once, a funny story and great memory that included lots of laughter…”and so the buttflapps carried on hence forth into the foreseeable future!” (I said in an absurd British accent). Honorable mention going to Harry’s German accent.
To conclude Uncle Harry, I hope you carry on the great tradition for The House of Noble Whippersnappers into the afterlife (as I’m sure you will). I will always imagine you riding with the top down in your Volkswagen Beetle, with a full set of hair blowing in the wind (because you get your hair back in the afterlife, right?) and a big smile on your face...and in the afterlife, may you hit under par on every golf course and hole-in-ones on every par 3.
You will always be a big part of who I am and I’m grateful for that. Thanks for being the best Uncle a nephew could ever wish for. And please know that, as I grow older, I will surely be taking care of things down here as I become a proud Old Hand for The Noble House of Whippersnappers.
Your nephew and forever Whippersnapper, Seanskie.
PS: I’m not a commie pinko anymore ;-)
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