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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Out of luck? #104195 05/24/03 11:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Merriam-Webster agrees with you Depending on how far down the article you read: Our evidence shows that when luck was used as a verb during World War II, it was suggestive of good luck, not bad, and we have only a single citation showing luck out in the "bad luck" sense. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Out of luck? sjm 05/24/03 09:06 PM Re: Out of luck? wwh 05/24/03 09:20 PM Re: Out of luck? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/24/03 09:25 PM Re: Out of luck? tsuwm 05/25/03 12:17 AM Re: Out of luck? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/25/03 01:11 AM Re: Out of luck? WhitmanO'Neill 05/25/03 01:50 AM Re: Out of luck? Capfka 05/25/03 04:27 AM Re: Out of luck? of troy 05/25/03 12:23 PM Re: Out of luck? wwh 05/24/03 09:37 PM Re: Out of luck? Wordwind 05/24/03 10:05 PM Re: Out of luck? Faldage 05/24/03 11:07 PM Re: Out of luck? Wordwind 05/24/03 11:09 PM Re: Out of luck? Faldage 05/24/03 11:12 PM Re: Out of luck? Wordwind 05/24/03 11:17 PM Re: Out of luck? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/24/03 11:45 PM Re: The importance of being earnest Capfka 05/24/03 11:47 PM Re: The importance of being earnest Wordwind 05/24/03 11:51 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 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 (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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