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Topic Options #206518 - 07/27/12 10:07 AM larruping Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Mercy--I thought it was a verb, also! Prolly I just hocus-pocused ( ) it into my personal vocabulary as such. Top #206522 - 07/27/12 12:48 PM Re: larruping [Re: Jackie] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water "hocus-pocused"? I like that! _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206525 - 07/27/12 02:34 PM Re: larruping [Re: Jackie] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: Jackie Mercy--I thought it was a verb, also! well, larrup is a verb; to beat, flog or thrash: I'll larrup you till you can't stand. and we all know how easy it is to noun a verb: Your father'll give you a fine larrupin' if he comes home and there's that cow lost. and then, reverbing the noun: Heard the first spatter of drops, the outriders Larruping on the road. edit: all citations thanx to OED online. Edited by tsuwm (07/27/12 03:12 PM) Edit Reason: credit where credit is due Top #206527 - 07/27/12 05:33 PM Re: larruping [Re: Jackie] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 Larruping is also the progressive form of the verb. Yer paw'll be larruping you up one side and down the other when he finds out whut you done. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8427 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209801 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Eva, sylviasuper, continent2, a2teacher, teepee 8427 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 38 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 57 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 33 Faldage 14 Buffalo Shrdlu 14 zmjezhd 13 tsuwm 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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