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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: lollapalooza #18534 04/30/01 01:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Per Dictionary of Word Origins, Jordan Almond: "Lallapaloosa" comes from a provincialism of County Mayo, Ireland -- allay-foozee, meaning a "sturdy fellow." The Irish adopted it from the French -- who, when they landed at Killala in 1798, repeatedly shouted, Allez-fusil! -- meaning, "Forward the muskets." [got-a-new-etymology-book emoticon] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted lulu sarahgutch 02/07/01 02:00 PM Re: lulu tsuwm 02/07/01 04:51 PM Re: lulu wow 02/07/01 05:31 PM Re: lulu paulb 02/08/01 11:04 AM Re: lulu Solamente, Doug. 02/08/01 08:41 PM Re: lulu Solamente, Doug. 02/08/01 08:44 PM postapalooza Hyla 02/08/01 08:59 PM Re: postapalooza Solamente, Doug. 02/08/01 09:27 PM Re: postapalooza wwh 02/08/01 11:56 PM Re: postapalooza tsuwm 02/09/01 12:37 AM Re: postapalooza maverick 02/09/01 12:50 AM Re: postapalooza lusy 02/09/01 07:43 AM Re: lulu/lollapalooza Sparteye 02/11/01 02:05 PM Re: lulu evolution Geoff 02/11/01 04:42 PM Re: lulu evolution Jackie 02/11/01 06:32 PM Re: lulu evolution tsuwm 02/11/01 06:38 PM Lulu jmh 02/11/01 09:35 PM Re: Lulu RhubarbCommando 02/12/01 12:06 PM Re: lulu evolution Geoff 02/11/01 09:56 PM Re: lollapalooza Sparteye 04/30/01 01:07 PM Re: lollapalooza AnnaStrophic 04/30/01 04:01 PM Re: lollapalooza Sparteye 04/30/01 04:11 PM Re: lollapalooza wwh 04/30/01 05:43 PM Re: lollapalooza Sparteye 04/30/01 06:10 PM Re: lollapalooza Capital Kiwi 05/01/01 08:49 AM Re: lollapalooza Hyla 05/01/01 03:49 PM Re: lollapalooza of troy 05/01/01 08:59 PM Re: lollapalooza Hyla 04/30/01 06:11 PM Re: lollapalooza wwh 04/30/01 06:43 PM Re: lollapalooza Bobyoungbalt 05/01/01 07:58 PM paternity Jackie 05/01/01 10:06 PM Re: paternity Anonymous 05/01/01 11:31 PM Re: paternity wwh 05/01/01 11:40 PM Re: paternity Anonymous 05/01/01 11:50 PM Appaloosa sarawhyler 04/30/01 01:36 PM Re: Appaloosa wwh 04/30/01 02:11 PM Re: lulu sarawhyler 04/30/01 01:29 PM 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 907 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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