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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hmmm? #68351 05/01/2002 2:12 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Some recent events have brought to my mind the expression "good riddance". It occurred to me this is a rather peculiar expression and I wondered if we know where it came from and how long it's been around. Sounds Irish to me. What say ye, O ye owners of OED and other handy-dandy research tools? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Hmmm? Bobyoungbalt 05/01/2002 2:12 AM Re: Hmmm? hev 05/01/2002 2:51 AM Re: Hmmm? WhitmanO'Neill 05/01/2002 3:14 AM Re: Hmmm? WhitmanO'Neill 05/01/2002 3:29 AM Re: Hmmm? tsuwm 05/01/2002 3:34 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,387 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,211 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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