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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Quick Quiz #91116 01/06/03 05:19 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Was interested to hear today that there is a link between the expressions "big shot" (ie an important person) and "loose woman". Any guesses as to what the common thread is? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick Quiz #91117 01/06/03 10:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Cannons? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick Quiz #91118 01/06/03 01:08 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Cannon are what the big shots refer to, but I need much more. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick Quiz #91119 01/06/03 01:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 loose cannons No, wait, that refers to one that isn't fastened down. This sounds like one whose bore is too large. It takes a big shot to fill a loose woman. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick Quiz #91120 01/06/03 01:22 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Still no ceegar suh. I've given y'all a clue by stating that there's a common thread. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick Quiz #91121 01/06/03 02:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Well now. According to this site http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2F013BF2 big shot, at least in the US, dates from the 1920s. Course this isn't a registered etymology site but. PS Edit Quinion http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-big1.htm mentions it in a general discussion of "big" phrases in a specific discussion of big cheese, apparently dating it after the 1914 appearance of the latter phrase. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter brief interruption #91122 01/06/03 03:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Still no ceegar suh. I've given y'all a clue by stating that there's a common thread. I'd give my left patootie to actually *hear you say that, stales. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Common Thread #91123 01/06/03 03:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Looks like the only thread that has all four words in it is this one. At least in AWADtalk. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Common Thread #91124 01/06/03 03:47 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass cannons are "threaded", after a fashion.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Common Thread #91125 01/06/03 03:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 cannons are "threaded" As are loose women? 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