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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: hats off! #125564 09/15/2005 5:20 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ To languagehat, who managed to track this one down for me: In reply to: Used orally from the 1970s but the first written citation we have is 1988. It could have originated from a corrupted form of pakaru (Maori) meaning broken or ruined. Dianne B Dr Dianne Bardsley Manager/Lexicographer New Zealand Dictionary Centre Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington NZ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted This huckery dump is a total fiasco sjmaxq 03/21/2004 6:32 AM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco Capfka 03/21/2004 9:10 AM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco of troy 03/21/2004 1:40 PM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco inselpeter 03/21/2004 1:52 PM qualia beats quantia grapho 03/21/2004 8:01 PM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco wsieber 09/15/2005 5:31 AM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco sjmaxq 03/21/2004 5:47 PM Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco stales 03/22/2004 4:46 PM ash-sticking grapho 03/22/2004 4:51 PM Re: ash-sticking Jackie 03/23/2004 2:09 AM Re: ash-sticking grapho 03/23/2004 11:57 AM Re: hats off! Vernon Compton 09/15/2005 5:20 AM Re: hats off! tsuwm 09/15/2005 5:46 AM Re: hats off! Vernon Compton 09/15/2005 7:52 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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