#24680 - 03/25/01 07:02 PM
Eponymns
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Carpal Tunnel
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Finally found the bravado to make my board debut with this interesting and worthy word: bogart. After legendary
actor/movie-star Humphrey Bogart (thus the 'cool' icon!). Bogart, as a verb, started back in the 60's with the expression "don't Bogart that joint!" But now it's become a common rebuke to direct toward anyone prone to hogging-it-all-for-themselves in any situation, i.e. "don't bogart the bed!"..."he's bogarting all the pizza!"..."hey, c'mon, you're not going to bogart that, are you?" Anymore input on this? Perhaps it was coined sometime before the 60's when Humphrey Bogart was at the height of his career? (And also, by the way, not a bad entry for Oscar night, is it?)
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#24681 - 03/25/01 07:24 PM
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#24682 - 03/25/01 10:37 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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What do you know about Bogart's favorite drink, and who the hell *was* Mickey Finn, anyway?
Welcome, bogart the board, Whitman, bogart the board!
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#24684 - 03/27/01 04:06 PM
bogart, was Re: Eponymns
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stranger
Registered: 05/20/00
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Loc: Milan, Italy
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i do not dispute this dangling-cigarette etymology but have often wondered about a possible connection between bogue and bogart, as well as between these two and bogus. anyone have any memories or documentation of bogue? i can recall pot-smokers reanalyzing (folk-etymologizing) bogart as bogue+art, i.e. elevating selfishness to an art form.
- ph
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#24685 - 03/28/01 09:19 AM
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journeyman
Registered: 02/20/01
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Loc: Springfield, MA, USA
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Then there is the Boggart (extra "g") which is a usually troublesome spirit that could take many shapes when it decides to appear at all. Good ones were seen in the same light as brownies, helping out with chores, etc. The bad Boggarts liked to trip people, slam doors, destroy property and just generally scare people -- sometimes with fatal results.
Ali
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#24687 - 03/28/01 03:38 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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#24688 - 03/29/01 07:43 PM
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journeyman
Registered: 02/20/01
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Loc: Springfield, MA, USA
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hence bogeyman?Apparently, they are similar to the Boggart in some ways, but are their own creature. I had a look in my book of Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns and Goblins, An Encyclopedia by Carol Rose, and this is what she had to say: "This [bogeyman] is a type of bogie also known as Booger Man, in the folklore of the mainland areas of Britain. It appeared in a fearsome and grotesque human shape in lonely places, terrifying people traveling alone on the roads at night. This spirit is known as the Booman in the Orkney and Shetland Islands off the north coast of Scotland. More recently the use has been more in keeping with that of a nursery bogie." Under Bogie, she goes on to describe that it is a class of frightening goblin or bugbear in English folklore. Boggarts (also known as a Bag, Boggard, Buggard) originated in North Country English folklore, and is related more to a spirit or hobgoblin. Interesting read, if you like folklore. I've been longwinded now, but I can't help it. I enjoy the stuff.  Ali
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#24689 - 03/30/01 08:45 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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<<This spirit is known as the Booman...>>
And, again, hence "boo!"?
Thanks--not at all vocuscious.
This is Binky, wishing you a pleasant from the rings of Saturn, signing off.
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