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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: zblood! #129931 07/07/2004 5:23 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California What kind of "swearing?" Merdre!, yes indeed. One swears to one's truthfulness by invoking the gods or with hand on one's cod. It's a short slippery slope from this kind of solemnity to a linguistic ejaculation of the "you know" sort of hedge. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A good question Faldage 07/02/2004 11:46 AM Re: A good question wsieber 07/02/2004 12:21 PM Re: oh piffle! tsuwm 07/02/2004 12:31 PM Re: oh piffle! Buffalo Shrdlu 07/02/2004 1:00 PM Re: oh piffle! Capfka 07/02/2004 5:23 PM Re: oh piffle! wofahulicodoc 07/04/2004 9:37 PM Re: oh piffle! Jackie 07/05/2004 3:02 PM Re: oh piffle! jheem 07/06/2004 12:22 AM Re: oh piffle! Jackie 07/07/2004 2:04 AM Re: oh piffle! Faldage 07/07/2004 10:35 AM Re: oh Crom! jheem 07/07/2004 1:47 PM Re: oh Crom! wow 07/07/2004 5:11 PM Re: zblood! jheem 07/07/2004 5:23 PM Re: zounds! AnnaStrophic 07/07/2004 6:36 PM Re: zounds! jheem 07/07/2004 7:03 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,496 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 29 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,295 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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