Hi there,
Can anyone help me with the meaning of pratty? I think it is a slang word. Thanks.
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"Pratty" Definition
Dear Nats211,
According to one web site I found it is
"pratty = party but totally a million times awesomer"
But I don't know how reliable that definition is.
Cheers,
According to one web site I found it is
"pratty = party but totally a million times awesomer"
But I don't know how reliable that definition is.
Cheers,
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Hmmm, several places it could have come from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
prat
PRONUNCIATION: prăt
NOUN: Slang The buttocks.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
prattle
SYLLABICATION: prat·tle
PRONUNCIATION: prăt' l
VERB: Inflected forms: prat·tled, prat·tling, prat·tles
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
NOUN: 1. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble. 2. A sound suggestive of such chattering; a babbling noise.
ETYMOLOGY: Frequentative of prate.
OTHER FORMS: prattler —NOUN
prattling·ly —ADVERB
Regards//Larry
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Well, I have to admit I didn't make the connection between prat and prattle and talking out one's backside, but that comic connection did make me realize the origin of pratfall:
Alas, a bit more research shows that the prat-prattle-barking backside connection will probably fall on its own prat:The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
pratfall
SYLLABICATION: prat·fall
PRONUNCIATION: prăt' fôl'
NOUN: 1. A fall on the buttocks. 2. A humiliating error, failure, or defeat: “His characters not only survive their snarled problems and pratfalls but learn from their experiences” (Joyce Carol Oates).
Then again, if someone can show that prate is descended from prat (perhaps via the French péter?) . . .The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
prate
PRONUNCIATION: prāt
VERB: Inflected forms: prat·ed, prat·ing, prates
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To talk idly and at length; chatter.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To utter idly or to little purpose.
NOUN: Empty, foolish, or trivial talk; idle chatter.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English praten, from Middle Dutch prāten.
OTHER FORMS: prater —NOUN
prating·ly —ADVERB
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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