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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Deil's Buckie #131923 08/21/2004 3:44 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... This term is a good synonym for 'miscreants'--and exclusively young ones. The 'deil' part (also: 'deel') is 'devil'--in the way we might think of a young one as a 'little devil' (rascal). The 'buckie' part is more interesting. A buckie is apparently another term for a whelk, which is in the Buccinidae family of sea snails. Sir Walter Scott used the term. Is it a term in Scotland still? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deil's Buckie #131924 08/21/2004 3:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont that's a new one for me. so, deel bookie (buckie pronounced like 'fool' or 'yuck'?) ? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deil's Buckie #131925 08/21/2004 4:35 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC is a guy who's fuller himself. Oh wow, that's even a better pun than I thought it was when it popped into my head. It's a double! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Deil's Buckie #131926 08/21/2004 4:53 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA "Not a word shall cross my lips till he's gone," persisted Mrs Catanach. "I know him too well! Awa' wi' ye, ye deil's buckie!" she continued, turning to Malcolm; "I ken mair aboot ye nor ye ken aboot yersel', an' deil hae't I ken o' guid to you or yours! But I s' gar ye lauch o' the wrang side o' your mou' yet, my man." ~George MacDonald, Malcolm, Chapter 43. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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