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Pukka
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:24 am
by Palewriter
pukka (adj.)
Definition: Genuine, real, first-class.
In play: "His new car had pukka leather seats."
From Hindi pakka and Sanskrit pakva. Indo-European root *pek is cited.
This lovely expression is one of those Hindi words sucked back to the home country through the colorful vocabularies of the civil servants and soldiers of British India. My father (served in India/Burma during WW2) used this word a lot. Certainly, I don't hear it much nowadays. Perhaps it was just a "visitor" into English, now quietly packing its bags and moving back to the subcontinent.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:35 am
by gailr
I've generally seen it in this combination: "pukka sahib".
-gailr
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:13 am
by skinem
Ah, yes, the pukka shell necklace of 1970s popularity...
My last boss still wears one! It's really cool on a 55 year old!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:45 pm
by Palewriter
Ah, yes, the pukka shell necklace of 1970s popularity...
My last boss still wears one! It's really cool on a 55 year old!
Does he also drive an old TR4 and worry about hair loss? I think I worked for him, too.
-- PW
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:56 pm
by skinem
Does he also drive an old TR4 and worry about hair loss? I think I worked for him, too.
No, a Beemer and he worries about his tan and golf game. I think they must have been related!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:52 pm
by Huny
skinem, your new tag line goes perfect with Bailey's new avatar.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:24 pm
by skinem
Ha! I hadn't thought about that!
I've never felt like I was mugged by him!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:47 pm
by Huny
Ha! I hadn't thought about that!
I've never felt like I was mugged by him!
One should always have a sense of needing to watch their
necks, for the night is still young!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:49 pm
by Bailey
Mugger? no only half
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I just couldn't come up with the right tagline until Huny's last message.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:28 pm
by Huny
Mugger? no only half
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I just couldn't come up with the right tagline until Huny's last message.
At your service...
well, kinda...
BTW: Ya' like my tagline? A little edgy, kinda' like me. Makes me think about the family tree not forking.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:27 pm
by sluggo
BTW: Ya' like my tagline? A little edgy, kinda' like me. Makes me think about the family tree not forking.
Ah, but which tree? Somebody come from the shallow end of the gene puddle?*
(*blatantly stolen from Ron Thomason)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:14 pm
by Stargzer
Whenever I see this word I keep confusing it with
Pookah (or Púca), from the movie
Harvey.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:03 am
by Perry
Mugger? no only half
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I just couldn't come up with the right tagline until Huny's last message.
Mugger? I hardly know her!
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:23 am
by Bailey
Mugger? no only half
too obscure, eh?
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