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#9361 - 11/30/00 11:33 PM Re: Fishy philology
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Loc: this too shall pass >wallop" doesn't just mean booze
one sense is "a flapping or fluttering rag"...
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#9362 - 12/01/00 04:19 AM codswallop
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Loc: Sussex, England >wallop" doesn't just mean booze
one sense is "a flapping or fluttering rag"...
Never heard that one, my friend, though may be apt!
I was thinking slightly more in terms of wallop as (M-W) "an exciting emotional response : THRILL" perhaps...
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#9363 - 12/01/00 10:36 PM Re: codswallop
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Posts: 2888 wallop also means to give a resounding smack/slap (I can see all our gentlemen grimacing at the thought)
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