getting the skinny on something
What's the skinny?
What is the story, what is going on, what is happening, what is the background.
Origin: This is a shortened version of the "skinny naked truth" which comes from WW2. Skinny in this case meaning "resembling skin" and being redundant with naked. This phrase literally is asking for the naked, unobscured truth.
Where I found or heard this:
Conversation at work
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Re: getting the skinny on something
So what does it mean? That you are getting hot under the collar? Or something else?
Re: getting the skinny on something
I just updated the article with the definition, it means as much as "getting the details on something".
Re: getting the skinny on something
ok, thanks!