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aquart

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32. I always bother about origins.
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 11:26 PM
Feb 2012

A friend who spends time in Paris came back and tossed "I'll bring you oranges in jail" into the conversation. I spent the next two hours tracking it down.

And then there's eggnog. And finicky. And fizgig. And Arthur. Multitudinous false derivations for the name Arthur. Those take decades. Maybe lifetimes.

I've just added a new word to my vocabulary! KansDem Feb 2012 #1
me too DURHAM D Feb 2012 #2
Fine. But what, precisely, IS "codswallop"? aquart Feb 2012 #8
More than one theory: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #15
Memory lane dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #27
as in shanti Feb 2012 #33
Very droll dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #26
I always bother about origins. aquart Feb 2012 #32
absolutely shanti Feb 2012 #34
Well if you want the definitive guide dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #37
That's odd. I don't have a single Partridge. Probably always too pricey. aquart Feb 2012 #45
When it gets to first day of Christmas this year dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #46
The Brits have a way of telling you that you are full of $#!* and you enjoy it. liberal N proud Feb 2012 #9
They do indeed! With so much more dignity! calimary Feb 2012 #24
as do southerners shanti Feb 2012 #35
One of my favorites. aquart Feb 2012 #36
Spot on UrbanKhoja Feb 2012 #43
my mom always used to say that the Irish TorchTheWitch Feb 2012 #44
Heck I've been using it since I read it in Harry Potter tech_smythe Feb 2012 #19
I've watched 50 episodes of 'Shameless' on Netflix... DCKit Feb 2012 #20
Truely an amazing people and language XD tech_smythe Feb 2012 #21
Mind you, The Wire did a whole scene muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #30
Thanks for the NSFW tag at the bottom of your post. I'm now unemployed. DCKit Feb 2012 #31
And not forgetting ... Nihil Feb 2012 #40
'Codswallop' is rather old-fashioned Ebadlun Feb 2012 #28
Nice work June... Magoo48 Feb 2012 #3
Good for Mrs. Hautot! LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #4
He's just following orders, is he not? DCKit Feb 2012 #13
Actually, I think it's more Cameron who is following Lansley's orders on this LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #18
Dwindling support for Cameron.. UrbanKhoja Feb 2012 #41
good for you, Mrs Hautot xchrom Feb 2012 #5
+1 Fearless Feb 2012 #6
And IS HE "privatising the health service"? annabanana Feb 2012 #7
Yep. harmonicon Feb 2012 #12
Trying to. LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17
Here's a picture of her mugshot lunatica Feb 2012 #10
reading the comment section dana_b Feb 2012 #11
So health care insurance xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #14
Personally dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #25
Abolishing the NHS is somewhere up there with arming primary schoolchildren with AK-47s Ebadlun Feb 2012 #29
+1000 LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #38
"supported by key health service professionals" was always wrong muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #16
Brilliant - you tell 'em June. Smilo Feb 2012 #22
Kick LongTomH Feb 2012 #23
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) dfhjkyulyu Feb 2012 #39
"I take umbrage at your codswallop!" yellowcanine Feb 2012 #42
Handbag is now a verb? I want to handbag someone now. BlueIris Feb 2012 #47
Yes and accompany the swipe to the cry dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #48
Yes, and the origin is political - Thatcher: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #49
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