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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Grand #88739 12/05/02 05:39 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "I think it dates back to a time when $1000 was a grand amount of money." I've also heard the word "large" used in this context, as in "I'm into him for ten large." I wonder which came first. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grand Wordwind 12/05/02 04:10 PM Re: Grand AnnaStrophic 12/05/02 04:14 PM Re: Without Power Wordwind 12/05/02 04:20 PM Re: Grand Faldage 12/05/02 04:23 PM Re: Grand AnnaStrophic 12/05/02 04:26 PM Re: Grand Faldage 12/05/02 04:31 PM Re: Grand TheFallibleFiend 12/05/02 06:03 PM Re: Grand Faldage 12/05/02 06:14 PM Grand TheFallibleFiend 12/05/02 07:11 PM Re: Grand Capfka 12/05/02 07:22 PM Re: Grand RhubarbCommando 12/10/02 03:25 PM Re: Grand birdfeed 12/05/02 06:31 PM Re: Grand Faldage 12/05/02 06:40 PM Re: Grand Anonymous 12/10/02 04:56 PM Re: Grand AnnaStrophic 12/10/02 05:06 PM Re: A post with no name Faldage 12/10/02 05:16 PM Re: A post with no name Buffalo Shrdlu 12/10/02 05:28 PM Re: A post with no name Faldage 12/10/02 05:43 PM Re: Grand dxb 12/11/02 11:39 AM Re: dxb AnnaStrophic 12/11/02 12:51 PM Re: dxb dxb 12/11/02 04:56 PM Re: Grand birdfeed 12/05/02 05:39 PM "I'm into him for ten large." TEd Remington 12/06/02 09:25 AM Re: "I'm into him for ten large." Wordwind 12/06/02 09:43 AM Re: "I'm into him for ten large." Faldage 12/06/02 10:21 AM Re: Grand rkay 12/05/02 04:17 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 (), 927 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 26 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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