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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bless him/her out #127896 04/28/2004 11:06 PM Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 4 hanema stranger hanema stranger Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 4 I heard a new phrase used in the following sentence: "He blessed him out." It's meaning is apparently to tell someone off. I found uses in a variety of literature and diaries from the Civil War on the Internet but no information on origins. Any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bless him/her out hanema 04/28/2004 11:06 PM Re: Bless him/her out Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/2004 11:28 PM Re: Bless him/her out hanema 04/28/2004 11:50 PM Re: Bless him/her out Buffalo Shrdlu 04/29/2004 12:11 AM Re: Bless him/her out hanema 04/29/2004 2:00 AM Re: Bless him/her out AnnaStrophic 04/29/2004 8:00 AM Re: Bless him/her out hanema 04/29/2004 9:50 AM If Microsoft was headquartered in South Georgia Jackie 04/30/2004 12:49 PM Re: If Microsoft was headquartered in South Georgia AnnaStrophic 04/30/2004 2:20 PM Re: Bless him/her out Bingley 04/29/2004 5:33 AM Re: Bless him/her out dxb 04/29/2004 6:12 AM Re: forgive me, father... Buffalo Shrdlu 04/29/2004 9:19 AM Re: Bless him/her out Father Steve 04/29/2004 5:04 AM Re: Bless him/her out jheem 04/29/2004 12:00 PM Re: Bless him/her out Alex Williams 04/29/2004 10:17 PM Re: Bless him/her out belMarduk 04/29/2004 10:44 PM Re: Bless him/her out RhubarbCommando 04/30/2004 10:13 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,267 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 6 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,127 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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