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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Maidenhead maggot #123955 02/26/2004 7:51 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California According to Partridge "A shirker: 1914-18. ('Sapper' in The Lieutenant, 1915.) Ex 'lounge lizards' disporting themselves at Maidenhead." And lounge-lizard: "A sleek adventurer frequenting lounges in the expectation of women, their money and caresses: US s. (1923), anglicized by 1925; by 1935 coll. (Krapp's prophecy as to its lack of viability has been proved false.)" Marvellous. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123956 02/26/2004 8:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I remember "lounge lizard" in twenties synonym for current "couch potato" which I think is less effective. And there is more than one meaning to 'Maidenhead'. Remember Mark Twains Elizabethan essay. "Nay, Mary, 'twere never thee, many a mousie squeak will tickle thy tender .......ere you give birth to a blast like that." The version I saw long ago must have had some additions not in the version I just found. No "maidenhead" here. But such as it is here it is: http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:bgesCwZoCbgJ:home.kqnet.pt/timoteo/page24.html+Mark+Twain+1601&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 When I tried it again the URL didn't work. You can try searching for "Mark Twain 1601" if you wish. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123957 02/26/2004 8:19 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I think the Maidenhead here referred to is the town near Slough in Berkshire. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123958 02/26/2004 8:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Most such don't last long. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123959 02/26/2004 8:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Depending on how close to the Slough it is, there might not be all that much interest. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123960 02/26/2004 8:41 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Let's not all despond over it. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123961 02/27/2004 9:43 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Slough #123962 02/27/2004 2:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Thanks, dixbie. Up to now I hadn't known how to pronounce it! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123963 02/27/2004 2:47 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Thanks. I didn't know this poem by John Betjeman. Later on: But spare the bald young clerks who add The profits of the stinking cad; It's not their fault that they are mad, They've tasted Hell. It's not their fault they do not know The birdsong from the radio, It's not their fault they often go To Maidenhead. http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/intuition/Slough.html Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Slough #123964 02/27/2004 3:48 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont how to pronounce it slehth? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Slough #123965 02/27/2004 4:16 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California From the Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames, A D Mills: Slough: "Slo. 1195. The slough of or miry place. OE slóh." Maidenhead: "Maidenhee. 1202. Landing place of the maidens. OE mægden + hýþ." Not to be confused with Heathrow nearby. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Maidenhead maggot #123966 02/27/2004 5:14 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 'lounge lizards' Aaah..,*this is why we call such men, slimy! Copy Link to Clipboard 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. 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