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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: If the name fits... #5486 08/24/00 01:13 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >I would cite Thomas Crapper, inventor of the flush toilet, as an example, but the euphemism for defecation came from his name The OED says crap comes from a Dutch word krappe. "The word has taken the sense of 'dirt, filth' and 'grease of a millstone.'" TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted If the name fits... Bridget 08/20/00 11:33 AM Re: If the name fits... Jackie 08/20/00 11:43 AM Re: If the name fits... Bridget 08/20/00 12:06 PM Re: If the name fits... paulb 08/20/00 12:28 PM Re: If the name fits... TEd Remington 08/20/00 09:56 PM Re: If the name fits... Bingley 08/21/00 08:34 AM Re: If the name fits... Jackie 08/22/00 11:55 AM Re: If the name fits... TEd Remington 08/22/00 11:42 PM Re: If the name fits... Jazzoctopus 08/23/00 09:15 PM Re: what crap tsuwm 08/23/00 10:31 PM Re: what crap Jackie 08/24/00 12:45 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/24/00 03:40 AM Re: what crap RhubarbCommando 08/24/00 11:57 AM Re: If the name fits... TEd Remington 08/24/00 01:13 AM Re: If the name fits... RhubarbCommando 08/24/00 12:04 PM Post deleted by DCRon DCRon 09/02/00 02:11 AM Re: If the name fits... Bridget 09/03/00 09:03 AM Re: If the name fits... johnjohn 09/04/00 08:59 AM Re: If the name fits... paulb 09/04/00 10:44 AM Re: If the name fits... Jackie 09/05/00 02:35 AM Re: If the name fits... Bridget 09/07/00 05:48 AM Re: If the name fits... crazylegs 09/02/00 08:24 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 (), 651 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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