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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Neck, neck #12109 12/06/2000 1:26 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Does anyone know whence comes this expression? neck of the woods - went to use this just now, and it had never previously struck me what an incongruous term it seems! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Neck, neck maverick 12/06/2000 1:26 PM Re: Neck, neck of troy 12/06/2000 2:24 PM Re: Neck, neck Jackie 12/06/2000 3:42 PM Re: Neck, neck maverick 12/06/2000 4:32 PM Re: American odd lots wow 12/06/2000 5:13 PM Re: Neck, neck wow 12/06/2000 5:19 PM Re: Neck, neck Capital Kiwi 12/07/2000 3:01 AM Re: Neck, neck Max Quordlepleen 12/07/2000 3:24 AM Re: Neck, neck maverick 12/11/2000 7:27 PM Re: Neck, neck RhubarbCommando 12/12/2000 3:12 PM Re: Neck, neck tsuwm 12/12/2000 3:25 PM Re: Neck, neck maverick 12/12/2000 3:50 PM Re: Neck, neck RhubarbCommando 12/12/2000 4:05 PM Re: Neck, neck maverick 12/12/2000 4:09 PM Re: Neck, neck RhubarbCommando 12/12/2000 4:22 PM Re: Neck, neck of troy 12/06/2000 5:14 PM Re: Neck, neck wow 12/06/2000 5:38 PM Re: Neck, neck Jazzoctopus 12/06/2000 9:12 PM Re: Neck, neck TEd Remington 12/07/2000 2:21 AM 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 Posts230,436 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 23 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,251 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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