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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Final Purchase #119116 01/08/2004 5:00 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I thought I read this on Quinion but I can't find it now. Assuming I didn't imagine the whole thing, the explanation given was that pilots in WWII used this as a euphemism for being shot down. The idea being that the presumably deceased had actually saved up enough from his salary to buy some land and settle down with a wife, which was why no-one ever saw him flying again. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Final Purchase Father Steve 01/08/2004 3:01 AM Re: The Final Purchase Bingley 01/08/2004 5:00 AM Re: The Final Purchase Father Steve 01/08/2004 5:07 AM Re: The Final Purchase Faldage 01/08/2004 11:29 AM Re: The Final Purchase Jackie 01/08/2004 1:09 PM Re: The Final Purchase Father Steve 01/08/2004 1:13 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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