http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/16 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:00:00 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/16 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 Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7651/t/Pay-un-pen-.html where did this come from
"yoooz yoo-ur Pay-un to sahn hee-er"

and how many instances does a word actualy grow in syllables as it changes exist?
(huge=humongous etc..) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Fiorano) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7651 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:53:51 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7647/t/Dream-Ticket.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7647 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:55:10 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7643/t/what-happens-to-the-posts.html feeds@yuku.com (nerdly) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7643 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:47:09 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7637/t/New.html iam a new Verbivore to the forums
although i am and have been a scrabblist and a linguist a polyglot for many years, i decided to speak to many of you from a far in this cozy place- i call my study, and computer screen, others it is the internet....
so hello!

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Fiorano) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7637 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 04:26:12 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7642/t/Church-Mouse.html feeds@yuku.com (SamMayer) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7642 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:35:40 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7653/t/Whence-quot-monger-quot-.html
]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheDogfather) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7653 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:56:52 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7648/t/It-takes-two-to-tango.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7648 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:14:29 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7645/t/unobtanium-v-unobtainium.html http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-uno1.htm
UNOBTANIUM
A material that is unobtainable, often because it doesn't exist.

Number of results on Google for the keywords unobtanium and unobtainium:
Unobtanium ( 5 440 results) versus unobtainium ( 11 600 results) The winner is:... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ozziemaland) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7645 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:11:15 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7639/t/vicarious.html
Vicarious does or does not stem from the root vicar, as in "the vicar listened to everyone's confessions, and lived vicariously through their sins..." I'm not buying it, but have nothing to refute with...

plus, we thought that instead of looking it up ourselves, we would ask you guys. In return, you can laugh at how dumb we are.

thanks. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thegirlslovehim) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7639 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:19:41 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7632/t/flexitarian.html The Boston Globe today refers to flexitarian thusly:

food news article

So add another word to the list of modern diners. Joining vegetarians are vegans, who don't allow meat, dairy, or eggs into their diet; raw foodists, vegans who will not heat anything above 116 degrees; and now flexitarians, vegetarians who dabble in fish and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ozziemaland) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7632 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:58:33 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7640/t/Evil.html
I hope someone can help

Cheers ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Bifta Dan) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7640 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:56:25 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7629/t/kangaroo-jacket-hoodie-bunny-hug-.html feeds@yuku.com (Astrid) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7629 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:54:44 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7636/t/tush.html
Main Entry: 3tush
Pronunciation: 'tush
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps modification of Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahath under, beneath
slang : BUTTOCKS

According to a 1999 posting at a newsgroup, the entry in 1999 was the same as above except the date 1962 was given; see:

feeds@yuku.com (ozziemaland) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7636 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:04:59 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7650/t/Cleanliness-Is-Next-To-Godliness.html Nova: Typhoid Mary it was stated as being used by the sanitation department in New York City circa 1895. My concern is that they merely adopted the phrase and did not create it.

Thank you all for your assistance.




]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris Patterson) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7650 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:31:34 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7649/t/burns-my-waffles.html
http://jameswolcott.com/

Forgive me for shouting, but this stuff burns my waffles.

I think Wolcott may have read a book of poems, Before the City, by Kirby Wright [Lemon Shark Press - San Diego, CA 6 Aug 2003, ISBN 0-9741067-0-4], or at least the poem on page 31 entitled Singles Mingle repartee spiced with hors douevres. The pertinent excerpt... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ozziemaland) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7649 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:40:10 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7635/t/Rancid-and-Rotten.html
~Sandy

PS If anyone wants to clean our kitchen, you're welcome to it. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sandinmyears) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7635 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:56:01 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7644/t/Banged-in.html
It was the largest number of Capitol Police officers who had ever "banged in." Many of them say they really were sick...

Where did it get that meaning, and when? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Eyehawk) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7644 Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:57:58 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7631/t/hormonal.html
Who first used hormonal in this way? And where does he live? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ElizaD) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7631 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:38:02 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7634/t/vampire.html
Never mind. I just checked the big list. Oops. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Judy) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7634 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:58:59 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7656/t/Hoot-in-Hell.html Often shortened to merely "give a hoot".

Where does it come from and who used it first?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheDogfather) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/7656 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:33:21 GMT