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			<title><![CDATA[ Bonkers ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Marge just said this in a Simpsons repeat. Coulda sworn this was peculiar to us Brits. Is this a Briticism that's been picked up in the States, or (heaven forfend) did you have it first? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ yellow legal pad ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ All this stuff about bankers boxes reminded me of another one. I'm constantly coming across the phrase 'yellow legal pad' in American novels. While I realise this must be a notepad or scribble block used by lawyers I've never come across for example 'pink legal pad' or any other colour. Are they always yellow? and if so, why do writers always (it seems) need to say 'yellow'. Or is there something specific about a yellow legal pad ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2002 03:19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Banker's Box ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Why are bankers boxes called bankers boxes?  Is it because it's the type of box bankers used or because it's the type of box they stuff dismembered bankers into?  BTW, what makes a banker's box a banker's box?  Is it the shiney white exterior?  The lid?<br><br>Please, these are important, life and death questions I desparately need answers to. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Slap and tickle ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I've heard this in old Uk films.When was it first used? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 16:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pizzle ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Useful word of the month.<br><br>Pizzle: the penis of a bull, used as a flogging instrument. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:55:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rand ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What is the etymology of the name of the South African currency? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:54:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trolling ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I've seen many references to this on forums, but never seen it defined. So what constitutes a troll, and what's the origin? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:28:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ to cabbage out ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ - meaning to slop around, chill out or something similar.<br><br>Origin/date please? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SWP ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does this mean something?  It's on a pack of coffee I have -- specifically &quot;Organic Decaf, SWP&quot;.  None of the other 7 in the series (French Roast, Sumatra Blend, Seattle Harvest, ...) has this.<br><br>Oh, never mind...just found it....<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fortunescoffee.com/?/decaf_flavor.htm">www.fortunescoffee.com/?/...flavor.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The other 2 &quot;Decaf&quot;s in the box [5 regular, 3 decaf] didn't say this... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Floss ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Anyone know how &quot;floss&quot; came to mean &quot;showing off&quot;? ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Shoot ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I instantly think of Slim Pickens whenever I hear this word used as an expletive. It's clearly 'shit' dressed up in its Sunday togs, but any date for it? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:44:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Homy ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I get very few google hits from either this spelling or homey/homie, so I must be missing something. Isn't this a very common term for buddy in African-American vernacular? I wondered when it first appeared, and if it's an abbreviation of something. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 02:05:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Scot Free ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Who came up with this term? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 01:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Dis ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Not sure whether the s is usually doubled up, but when did this abbreviated form first come to light?<br><br>Just realized that Dis is also another name (can't recall whether Roman or Greek) for Hades or Pluto. Kind of appropriate when you consider how many murders have been the result of real or perceived dissing. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bobby Dazzler ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Where did this originate from - anyone know? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ BSDs ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I first came across this (Big Swinging Dicks) in Liar's Poker, a book about Wall Street in the eighties. It referred to the money-makers in the firm, the guys who made millions of dollars in the space of a few seconds. Did the author (I think his name was Michael Lewis) coin this phrase?<br>BTW anybody see Boiler Room, a brilliant movie set in this sort of territory, though a decade or so later? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:47:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Golden parachute ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How old is this one? It has the smell of the eighties about it, but I'm probably wrong. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rape ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just had a reminder today of how the concept, if not the meaning, of this word has changed with passing years and changing mores.<br>In a review in the Guardian of a new book on attitudes to sex in history (lost the damned section, can't recall the title, I'll link if I find it), it notes that in Calvinist Geneva in the 16th century it was impossible for a man to be convicted of rape if his victim became pregnant. Apparently there was a widespread belief that a woman could only become... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:41:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Do- gooder ]]></title>
			<link>http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2676/t/Do-gooder.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Where do we get the term ..do-gooder. thank you ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Algonquin Hotel Group papers ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Did we discuss the topic on this board?  I can't remember where I read it.  <br><br>The jist of what I remember is that soon(already?) there are to be released some papers from the members of the Round Table at the Algonquin.  Or did I dream this? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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