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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread giglet #135280 11/17/2004 1:29 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California giglet :- A lewd, wanton girl. The etymology is murky. The 1st ed. OED doesn'tr really even hazard a guess. But other sources (the cautious AHD ventures 'perhaps') link giglet with Italian gigolo, French gigue 'violin; dance' (whence our jig) also linked with gigot 'leg of mutton'. Legs leads to dancing woman and prostitutes. Middle English also had gigletry 'lasciviousness'. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: giglet #135281 11/17/2004 4:46 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I guess I'll have to stop giggling and start chortling instead. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: giglet #135282 11/17/2004 11:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago giglet - A shorter than usual length gig; the *usual being 3+hours with two 15 min breaks (one including a meal) and full bar *privelages. Whereas a "giglet" will be less than two hours, no breaks, no drinks or food and one has to enter through the back door of the kitchen at least an hour ahead of time. One good thing is that the leader/musicians will charge a preminum base and double premium in 1/2 hour segments for overtime... I won't even start the *comparisons. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: chortle #135283 11/18/2004 11:46 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Dr Bill (wwh) sent me a piece of information about 'chortle' that was new to me: I remembered it from Lewis Carroll, but didn't know he had coined it. “‘O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ He chortled in his joy.” Perhaps Lewis Carroll would chortle a bit himself to find that people are still using the word chortle, which he coined in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872. Thanks Bill. 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. (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 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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