From Spiders in a Jar (3rd season finale)
Do you know what she was actually saying about John Knox?
She was asking:
Who are his children
The word issue means children or offspring.
This show has sure hit rock bottom...
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01/01/01
How has it hit rock bottom? By using a time relevant word ?
shareI don't know about you allicat, but I'm a little confused as to the OP's point.
Dictionary.com defines the word "issue" when used as a noun as:
1. the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
2. something that is printed or published and distributed, especially a given number of a periodical: Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine?
3. something that is sent out or put forth in any form.
4. a quantity of something that is officially offered for sale or put into circulation at one time: a new issue of commemorative stamps; a new bond issue.
5. a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law.
6. a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance:
the political issues.
7. a point, the decision of which determines a matter: The real issue in the strike was the right to bargain collectively.