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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Smack-dab #127882 04/28/2004 11:53 AM Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 1 angelnanc8 stranger angelnanc8 stranger Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 1 I am currently writing a local history book for our fourth graders and have employed the expression "smack-dab in the middle" in the text. I can find the definition...but not the origin of this phrase. Does anyone know the origin? My dictionary simply says "slang for directly or squarely". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Smack-dab angelnanc8 04/28/2004 11:53 AM Re: Smack-dab RhubarbCommando 04/28/2004 12:02 PM Re: Smack-dab dxb 04/28/2004 1:24 PM Re: Smack-dab Capfka 04/29/2004 11:27 AM Re: Smack-bang shop AnnaStrophic 04/29/2004 12:37 PM Re: Smack-dab shanks 04/29/2004 4:21 PM Re: Smack-dab dxb 04/29/2004 4:38 PM Re: Smack-dab RhubarbCommando 04/30/2004 10:02 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

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