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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rapscallion #87872 11/26/2002 7:51 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Canada geraldsinclair stranger geraldsinclair stranger Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Canada Do rapSCALLIon and SCALLIwag have a common derivation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Rapscallion #87873 11/26/2002 8:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear geraldsinclair: I also wondered, but all the dictionaries say of "scalawag" - "origin unknown". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Rapscallion #87874 11/27/2002 12:16 AM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Canada geraldsinclair stranger geraldsinclair stranger Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 2 Canada My Oxford Dictionary suggests Scalawag is a variety of Scallywag,(colloq., orig. U.S.) Rogue, rascal, disreputable person. I suspect that Rapscallion must have a similar derivation, whatever that might be. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Rapscallion #87875 11/27/2002 1:19 AM 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 OED2 suggests that rapscallion is merely a later form of rascallion; rascal with a fanciful ending. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,508 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,302 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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