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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread stoned #178694 08/13/2008 4:47 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 from the Go Figure Dept. I had occasion to wonder at the the provenance of petrophile* (rock-lover) and find that it's one of those words that dictionaries don't deign to gloss. but in looking at OED(online) I noticed, in the expected vicinitude, this gem: petsywetsy 1879 T. H. SAYRE Strategist II. 20 He called her pet names, his sweetsie, sweetsie, petsie-wetsie, get up and getsie, and then the immoral cuss kissed her. 1928 D. H. LAWRENCE Lady Chatterley's Lover xvii. 305 I'm not content to be any man's little petsywetsy. 1994 A. CAMERON Wedding Cakes, Rats & Rodeo Queens I. iv. 38 Nyah-nyah, SmartyPants, forgot about 'cha, didn't they?..Har-de-har-har, little PetsyWetsy. [originally listed as nonce-wd from Lawrence in OED2] *"The Chinese are the world's greatest petrophiles. They plant stones were[sic] others might choose an herbaceous border." - Stanley Stewart, Frontiers of Heaven (2004) -joe (stone cold sober) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoned tsuwm #178696 08/13/2008 7:26 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando "PetsyWetsy" I would have guessed that is a response to the animal leaving a stain in my lap when I picked it up to hold! "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoned tsuwm #178702 08/14/2008 12:58 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: tsuwm ...but in looking at OED(online) I noticed, in the expected vicinitude... I know the feeling. I can't pick up a dictionary without spending half an hour in it! There are so many interesting words to look at that sometimes I forget why I am there, having never quite made it to the word I was originally looking for... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoned The Pook #178706 08/14/2008 6:12 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Wasn't there a Petsy-wetsy doll that did. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoned Zed #178956 08/31/2008 12:56 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 King City, Ontario, Canada Baca stranger Baca stranger Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 King City, Ontario, Canada The doll was called a "Betsy Wetsy" and she had both the charming always open mouth and the ability to urinate after feeding. It is amazing that any of us went on to give birth to actual children. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stoned Baca #178970 09/02/2008 6:51 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada That was the one. welcome Baca Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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