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- Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: origin of "to cock a snook"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15263
Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
Your contributions are all appreciated, thanks. But note that I put my request in the section "Good Word 'Suggestions'" rather than "Discussions", simply as an idea for Dr. Beard. So I guess it would not have mattered to me if anybody other than Dr. Beard had wanted to entertain ...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:11 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: origin of "to cock a snook"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15263
origin of "to cock a snook"
origin of "to cock a snook".....ehhhhhh, okay, I am not even sure I can define it, much less think about origin, except to say it is some sort of derisive or defiant gesture and I can at least give a pointer to a picture http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/31/article-0-15C72D5C000005DC-...
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: buss
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5733
buss
"buss" in the sense of "a buss on the cheek"...like a quick or possibly somewhat impersonal kiss...
- Thu May 24, 2012 6:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: bric-a-brac
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6397
bric-a-brac
bric-a-brac: Oh, it could just be an interesting topic for Word of the Day. I can find the etymology online, so I have background on it, but it might be an interesting one to present. Also, I see you have an entry on "camp", with a reference to "kitsch", but I do not think "...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: high-muck-a-muck
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6496
- Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:48 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: high-muck-a-muck
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6496
high-muck-a-muck
high-muck-a-muck/high-mucky-muck/high-muckety-muck/, high muckamuck/muck-a-muck/muckety-muck, and such related phrases
.....Then there is Grand Poobah, Grand Pooh-bah, pooh-Bah other spellings.
.....Then there is Grand Poobah, Grand Pooh-bah, pooh-Bah other spellings.
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Obelus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5240
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:19 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Obelus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5240
Obelus
Obelus...could be a good topic, not only as designator for a sign/symbol, but also etymology.
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: picayune/picayunish
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9534
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:31 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: picayune/picayunish
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9534
picayune/picayunish
picayune/picayunish....I can look it up and all. It is just a word(s) that might make an interesting choice for Word of the Day discussion, and I did not seem to find it in the Good Word archive.
[ no reply needed....I can see it in dictionaries, etymology lists, etc. ]
[ no reply needed....I can see it in dictionaries, etymology lists, etc. ]
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:26 am
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Origin of the word "Wow"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 75493
Origin of the word "Wow"
Can't find origin of the word "Wow" in order to explain it to a non-English speaker "why we say that". Unlike the word "oof " and the like, it does not seem to be an onomatopoeia, at least I am not sure I would on my own come up with such an expulsion of air by being am...
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: On this board, accent as diacritical above Cyrillic vowels
- Replies: 5
- Views: 20850
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:10 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Hmmm...crotch+ ending this and crotch+ ending that
- Replies: 5
- Views: 23456
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:33 pm
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Hmmm...crotch+ ending this and crotch+ ending that
- Replies: 5
- Views: 23456
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:47 am
- Forum: Etymology
- Topic: Hmmm...crotch+ ending this and crotch+ ending that
- Replies: 5
- Views: 23456
Hmmm...crotch+ ending this and crotch+ ending that
I was trying to translate "quarter note" in music to Russian, and I ended up having to do it by way of the word crotchet . It made me wonder if there is any relationship between the following: crotchet crotchety and of course, the infamous word "crotch". Well, I do not know if an...