Wordorigins Archive 09 (04-06/03) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/10 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:15:51 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/10 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ hotbed ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4652/t/hotbed.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4652 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:10:29 GMT <![CDATA[ control freak ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4657/t/control-freak.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4657 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:08:56 GMT <![CDATA[ gadzooks ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4656/t/gadzooks.html feeds@yuku.com (DrPeebles) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4656 Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:06:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Bocardo ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4645/t/Bocardo.html the Bocardo, I checked the footnote.

A prison in the old north gate of Oxford, so named after one of the moods of the third syllogistic figure.

Only in Oxford!

BTW the example of this figure given in the Philosophy Dictionary below, makes it clear they're well aware of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4645 Sun, 22 Jun 2003 06:41:55 GMT <![CDATA[ sweet as . . . ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4636/t/sweet-as-.html I always assumed it was a London expression or maybe a US expression, but I have never heard anyone else using it, does anyone know ? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4636 Sun, 22 Jun 2003 04:20:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Of erbs and oovers ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4638/t/Of-erbs-and-oovers.html this article from the online Guardian, a British TV exec has this to say (besides the usual dribble of "oh how ghastly US tv is, and how cultured ours is in comparison". As if.)

During my year as a television executive in the United States, I was continuously struck by the difference between the two countries. Oregano is not a herb, but an erb. The former head of the FBI was J Edgar Oover... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4638 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:46:59 GMT <![CDATA[ pentacle ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4637/t/pentacle.html
on a somewhat magical topic;

when did this word get cooked up?

I know a pentacle to be a five pointed star (of proportions determined by connecting the vertices
of a regular pentagon in the way that gives a star)
with circles drawn with centre on the vertices closest
to the middle of the penatgon and with diameters
equal to half the length of each point of the star.

If you've never seen this shape but can picture it
from this crude description -... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (zhaffel) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4637 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:07:43 GMT <![CDATA[ a scotsmans hat - help! ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4650/t/a-scotsmans-hat-help-.html
only me :)

Wondering if any of you can help me;

i'm doing a crossword at the moment.

The clue is "Scotsman's" hat. The answer is three

letters long (quite possibly ending in m).

I have no idea how to find out.

Anyone know?

Thanks.

Zaf. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (zhaffel) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4650 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:59:50 GMT <![CDATA[ sticktoitiveness ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4651/t/sticktoitiveness.html feeds@yuku.com (gregs(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4651 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:52:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Mummy/mommy ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4639/t/Mummy-mommy.html Mummy.

I thought this was always Mom or Mommy in the States. Are there regional differences? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4639 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:15:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Uppity ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4658/t/Uppity.html Uppity niggers!, how old is the word, and is it still current in the US? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4658 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:12:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Having it large ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4655/t/Having-it-large.html large has taken on a whole new meaning in British youth culture of late. Evidence the recent movie 'Kevin and Perry Go Large' and the reply to a question posed to some guy in an ad as to what he'd do on winning the lottery: 'I'd 'ave it large', he answered with a grin.

Anybody know when this started, and has it spread to the States? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4655 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:46:10 GMT <![CDATA[ "Montezuma's revenge" ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4647/t/-quot-Montezuma-s-revenge-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4647 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:47:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Sod's law - Sod off ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4654/t/Sod-s-law-Sod-off.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4654 Sat, 21 Jun 2003 02:56:06 GMT <![CDATA[ 'bout it 'bout it ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4653/t/-bout-it-bout-it.html The Boondocks" comic strip, two kids are conversing:

I heard they're going to add "bling bling" to the new Oxford English Dictionary.

Unbelievable...

It appears our ultimate revenge against the white man will be to make him as ignorant as he has made us.

I'm... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (podkayne O M) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4653 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:52:34 GMT <![CDATA[ "in a dog's age" ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4643/t/-quot-in-a-dog-s-age-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4643 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:33:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Ph.D. ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4641/t/Ph-D-.html
"She really wanted to be a mother. That's all she ever wanted; it was her Ph.D."

I've never heard it used in this context before. Anyone else?

(The person was speaking about its* daughter, who was killed -- along with her fetus -- at the hands of a drunk driver.)

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*The problems of gendered pronouns! It was the daughter's mother speaking, but every way I worded the sentence it was too confusing to use "her." ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ohdan) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4641 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:05:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Bandwagon ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4659/t/Bandwagon.html "to jump on the bandwagon", I think I understand the meaning (to follow the crowd) but what is a bandwagon ? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4659 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 05:40:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Prim ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4661/t/Prim.html feeds@yuku.com (thornal) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4661 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 05:33:42 GMT <![CDATA[ I gotta jam . . . ]]> http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4649/t/I-gotta-jam-.html
[Combining two threads on the same subject -- dw]
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/4649 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 03:23:35 GMT