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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Definition Game #64468 04/22/02 04:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 a hole in the floor to squat over According to the AHD, it's from the phrase meaning to keep clothes. Any usage involving squatting over holes would be secondary offshhots of the main definition of a clothes closet. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64469 04/22/02 04:56 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, we need an architecture history person, Faldage, because the garderobe was a feature of castles discussed at length a while back on AWAD on the castle thread--and it doesn't make sense that they would have moved historically from the closet for clothes called a garderobe to a latrine in the wall called one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64470 04/22/02 05:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it doesn't make sense We are not talking of sense, here, madam; we are talking of euphemism. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64471 04/22/02 05:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >we are talking of euphemism So they would have said - "I'm just off to check out the contents of the wardrobe [ wink]" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64472 04/22/02 05:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 off to check out the contents of the wardrobe Right. Or how many of y'all keep a horse (or even a dog) that you have to see a man (or a bloke, as the case may be) about in your WC? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64473 04/22/02 07:25 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory "Garderobe" comes from the French garder, to keep, + robe. So a place to keep clothes, literally. In other words, a closet. So it sounds to me like a euphemism, perhaps based in part on the size of the room. Of course in some English speaking places the room where the toilet is kept is called the "water closet" or "W.C." for short. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Definition Game #64474 04/23/02 05:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: I have a castle term to challenge you with. What is an "adulterine castle"? It is hot a place to indulge in adulterous liasons. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 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 (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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