This slang term for "ridiculous" may derive from a word for the art of making decals, decalcomania
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Fritinancy: Word of the Week: Cockamamie  Oct 25, 2008 ... Cockamamie: Mixed-up, ridiculous, or implausible. ... I always assumed it was one of the Yiddish words they sprinkled ... Neither does Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang. ... The word may be a corruption of 'decalcomania' ('a cheap picture or .... Does Creative Spelling Make a Name More Protectable?
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T.M.Rives  May 10, 2016 ... On May 9, the Amateur Astronomers Association set up a few ... By the way, do they make jerk astronomers? .... Lots of African art objects. .... The word decal is an abbreviation of decalcomania, from French dcalcomanie. ... First recorded as New York City slang in 1883, meaning a fastidious man..
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A to Zed, A to Zee - A Guide to the Differences Between British and ...  Most GB words ending in -tre, usually deriving from French, end in -ter in the US. .... It may be noted, however, that English stage actors are still trained to say assyoom, syoot, ..... BASH, n (col) - in the expression HAVE A BASH: to make an attempt, have a try. .... In underworld slang, a brief is a lawyer, especially a solicitor.
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Jeopary Questions page 1556 - BIOLOGY - TriviaBistro.com  FAMOUS POLITICIANS: In his bid for an unprecedented 4th term, this NYC mayor was defeated in the 1989 Democratic .... WORD ORIGINS: This slang term for "ridiculous" may derive from a word for the art of making decals, decalcomania.
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Cock and Bull Story - Google Groups  Aug 22, 2000 ... story," meaning a preposterous tale, has something to do with a pub ... In French, the word for "cock and bull story" is " un coq--l'ne," ... and bull story" is really a story, albeit an improbable and ridiculous one .... It may sound boring and tedious to some of those who listen to it but ..... 1864 Hotten Slang Dict.
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Analogy in the Languages of Primitive Peoples - JStor  One of the ways in which names are given to new and un- ... Candy. In Micmac candy is called upkoo, which properly signifies "chewing gum," and, before that,...
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Lunatic - definition and synonims of lunatic in english dictionary  Lunatic is an informal term referring to people who are considered mentally ill, ... (Adj) via Old French from Late Latin lnticus crazy, moonstruck, from Latin lna moon. ... The definition of lunatic in the dictionary is foolish; eccentric; crazy. ... urban reckless psychopathic individual derived lunar which turn latin popular belief...
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Jeopardy: Ken Jenning's Final Game Quiz - By Geo1 - Sporcle  A university seminar on slang revealed that an unwelcome follower is known as a hanging this, Slang. From the Latin for 'duchy', it's slang for money or for a...
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Word Nerd : Megrim | Lawhimsy  Jul 31, 2013 ... It's also one of those words that just sounds nice in it's descriptive nature. ... I can actually see where the whim or fancy part of the definition of megrim ... some of which are at a whim or caused by a flight of fancy, just in my option, mind. ... and they will tell you that it is hell, though being able to use the word...
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where do our quirky terms come from? :: World of Warcraft :: ZAM  Nov 3, 2006 ... (From a 1990s catch-phrase). BTTT ..... term signifying laughter. LAG .... MTFBWY "May the Force Be With You" (from the Star Wars movies)
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An Essay on Laughter_ Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and ...  A word more is The needed on the language here used. the same time it is ..... one of the " lower class an being if say the unconcealable gine that overtakes a fine ..... 1. the^unction^of to accojnpany and give voice to what called the derogatory ...... and and to Thackeray. clearness. even in presenting the comic aspects of his...
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'Screamer,' 'Slammer,' 'Bang' ... and 15 Other Ways to ... - The Atlantic  Apr 5, 2013 ... In delightfulness it is trumped, like every other mark, by the interrobang. ... The exclamation mark, I am trying to say, is the cockroach of the punctuation world. ... So the language writer Stan Carey, building off of a passage in Henry ... Pling: This comes from hacker culture -- and, in particular, one of the...
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Roget's Super Thesaurus, 3rd Edition 2003 - Documents - Docslide.us  Apr 7, 2015 ... Superthesaurus highlights hundreds of sharp words to help you ... ANT. stick with, take up, continue, adopt. abandoned a. 1. ...... What's on your agenda today? .... POINT direct, draw a bead on, level, train, zero in on, measure, eye. 2. ...... *hit up-side the head. buffoon n. clown, fool, jester, joker, prankster,...
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pseudodictionary: the dictionary for words (i.e., stuff) that wouldn't ...  makilok - One of many names for the boogeyman. .... Its driving forces are greed, corruption, graft, and imperialism, while human .... e.g., I can't take another minute talking to Chris. .... Collins Dictionary Word of the Day, November 19, 2012. ...... e.g., Look at that random and obscene melh. ...... submitted by Adam Duncan.
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Variety's Scribes: Wordplay Wizards - latimes  Aug 23, 1998 ... The showbiz trade paper has specialized in sly headlines and nifty words ... And after all, what is showbiz (another term coined by Variety) without a little ... the vintage "Sticks Nix Hick Pix," an arcane 1935 headline that accompanied a ... by Sime Silverman, the vivid language reflected its vaudevillian roots.
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Click Here to Download the Full Book - LCNS2ROM.com  Sep 9, 2008 ... The vanity plates listed below are fictitious, and fun, except for one: a bona fide .... plate, but most North American DMVs call them personalized plates, as ... later ran on American cable TV, called Bumper Stumpers, in which contestants won by deciphering the messages of the ..... Americans love these.
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20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback - Matador ...  Nov 8, 2010 ... To laugh loudly  This Middle English word sounds like it would do well ... I'm frecking through the airport and other people are going so slow. ..... While I deliciate in corrading odd words , I fear they will jargogle people's brains. ..... That's okay, I can do it the old fashioned obsolete way by copy and pasting.
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Fake Synonyms, Fake Antonyms | Thesaurus.com  fake attested in London criminal slang as adj. (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1827), but probably older. Likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means,"...
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J! Archive - Show #1985, aired 1993-04-02  December, decimal & decimate all come from the Latin word for this ... Some believe the word gimmick began as gimac, an anagram of this...
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Full text of "A new dictionary of quotations from the Greek, Latin, and ...  Fr. prov^- word is enough to the wise;" llternlly, "To one of quick apprehe half a .... These are phrases, which, are ased in logical argument, to denote a reference to its ...... Atiagrammatiatit means, literally, the art of writing backwards  in whioh ..... or record of his universal invention or exqui- site skill, of his vigor of genius,...