Strapping
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Strapping
How did we go from a strap, meaning a band of leather to strapping, meaning tall and sturdy, robust?
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Re: Strapping
I'd never noticed just how many of these there are, these things etymonline calls "present-participle adjectives of violent action expressing something large in size or effect".
Whopping, spanking (1660s), bouncing (1570s), cracking, thumping (1570s), ripping, smashing. I wonder how many more are hiding out there. Anyone with a penchant for lists care to jump in?
Whopping, spanking (1660s), bouncing (1570s), cracking, thumping (1570s), ripping, smashing. I wonder how many more are hiding out there. Anyone with a penchant for lists care to jump in?
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Re: Strapping
Whacking, riveting, stonking, blistering...Whopping, spanking (1660s), bouncing (1570s), cracking, thumping (1570s), ripping, smashing. I wonder how many more are hiding out there. Anyone with a penchant for lists care to jump in?
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