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The word usually translated as "Passover" may mean something else.

My source here is William H.C. Propp's magisterial new (1999) translation and commentary for the Anchor Bible, Exodus 1-18:
"We are uncertain of the original derivation and meaning of Pesah. Exodus provides an explanation of sorts: the blood of Pesah caused Yahweh to psah over Israel's houses (12:13, 23, 27). This... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6648 Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:59:32 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6632/t/Little-red-wagon.html
If indeed it has any substance outside my head, what's the origin/date? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6632 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:38:58 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6649/t/villain.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6649 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:12:21 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6651/t/croppie-croppy.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6651 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:54:33 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6633/t/Middle-Ages-Dark-Ages.html
King Arthur would have ruled in the Dark Ages, ie fifth/sixth century, just after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

King Arthur was not a mediaeval monarch, ie did not live in the age of chivalry, 12th/13th/14th century.

But aren't the Dark Ages so called because the light of learning went out between the Fall of Rome and the Renaissance? (An unfair generalization, I know).

And aren't the Middle... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6633 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:22:29 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6630/t/snug.html
what is the origin of snug
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6630 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 06:14:23 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6637/t/Capute.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6637 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 04:02:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6650/t/Binge.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6650 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 03:58:56 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6635/t/use-of-4-letter-words-and-derogatory-words-offensive-used-i.html
FOR THE 1ST TIME THIS EVENING AND WITHIN THE 1ST 10 MINUTES OF THE SHOW I HEARD THE WORD
"cunt-mouth" used by one man to another obviously angered.

then i heard someone regarded as a "cock-sucker"
again one man to another in the show.

MY QUESTION; THIS HBO TELEVISION SHOW IS A WESTERN, DURING THE TIME OF WILD "BILL HICKOCK
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WERE THESE PARTICULAR WORDS AROUND DURING THAT TIME???

VERY CURIOUS INDEED...... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6635 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:21:39 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6638/t/Explode-quot-Hissed-off-the-stage-quot-.html Copernicus which notes that he used this word with this meaning. It's a footnote in this guy's* book. Shakespeare did not use the word in this sense. Kepler? did. This may be a "slow ball" for some of you.

*Owen Gingerich is a research professor of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University.

Edit: I heard this on the US "Book TV" feature which... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jgorman64) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6638 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:13:53 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6646/t/Gorilla-Dust.html Many thanks. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6646 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 15:24:06 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6631/t/Initial-Capital-Letters.html
When and why did the use of Initial Capital Letters for words begin and end? The example I've shown is given at this site:

By my exertions, on the first day of my command, I had the good Fortune to take one of the British Tenders and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6631 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:15:39 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6629/t/Doing-a-number.html He's doing a number on me, he's messing with my head!

Where does this bamboozle sense come from, and what's the number got to do with anything? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6629 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 06:58:02 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6645/t/Euphemisms-for-kill.html A Brief History of Euphemisms For Kill

Euphemism Approximate Date Comment

take care of 40s - 50s
take x for a ride 40s - 50s .
rub out 50s .
bump x off 50s .
knock x off 60s .
eliminate 60s .
waste 70s from VietNam War
smoke 70s from VietNam War... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6645 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:46:06 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6634/t/Bill-of-goods.html He sold me a bill of goods!

In other words, he bilked me. Any origin for this? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6634 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 10:54:37 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6654/t/Origin-of-cookie-in-Internet-terminilogy-.html Thanx in advance...
Vishnu ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6654 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 10:11:00 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6644/t/Chip-on-his-Shoulder.html A Spectacle of Corruption by David Liss, set in England in 1722:

Workers in the [Deptford Naval Yard] had ever been used to taking home the unneeded chunks of wood remaining from their sawings, called by them chips, which they made use of by selling or trading. The value of the chips made up no small part of their wages. . . . The Naval Office had [ordered]. . . workers could no longer remove chips from the yard, but they were offered no increase in wages to compensate for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElephantsChild) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6644 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:53:38 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6641/t/The-future-is-bright-the-future-is-.html feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6641 Fri, 02 Apr 2004 23:41:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6643/t/turnip.html
Would you dare argue against my venerable tome? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6643 Fri, 02 Apr 2004 23:04:03 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6642/t/Adultery-Hebrew-to-Latin-.html It seems to me that the original Biblical meaning and the
current usage are not at all the same ,yet the Biblical
prohibition has been extended to encompass the current
definition (by them).
From a quick gander at the Latin, it seems that
adultery and adulterate both have the meaning of "making
impure"; one regarding marriage the other... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (pkapleau) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/6642 Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:00:05 GMT