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Page 10 of 10 < 1 2 ... 8 9 10 Topic Options #73553 - 07/01/02 09:16 AM Re: surprise dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk (Italian, bevere, to drink) or english colloq. bevvy, to drink Top #73554 - 07/01/02 09:19 AM Re: surprise dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk Buffoon means one who puffs out his cheeks, and makes a ridiculous explosion by causing them suddenly to collapse. This being a standing trick with clowns, caused the name to be applied to low jesters. The Italian baffare is “to puff out the cheeks for the purpose of making an explosion;” our puff. (Italian buffone, a buffoon; French bouffon.) i spose bouffant is from the same source den? Top #73555 - 07/01/02 10:06 AM Buffoons FishonaBike veteran Registered: 10/11/00 Posts: 1346 Loc: Sussex, England Buffoon means one who puffs out his cheeks, and makes a ridiculous explosion by causing them suddenly to collapse...caused the name to be applied to low jesters Works for me, dody! Though these days I expect even my 5-year old son would expect a little more from the party entertainers. Fascinating stuff, mind. Ta. Top Page 10 of 10 < 1 2 ... 8 9 10 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 View homepage 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 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210110 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (LukeJavan8), 22 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 71 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June 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

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