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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) #1340 04/12/2000 10:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland jeff newbie jeff newbie Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 39 Chicagoland OED, Maybe it derives from "Do One Bad" or "Badly", i.e. to do one a bad turn such as inform or betray, much like we say "she did him dirt". --Jeff Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Origin's of DOB (Australia) OED 04/12/2000 5:29 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) tsuwm 04/12/2000 2:18 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) Philip Davis 04/12/2000 6:35 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) jeff 04/12/2000 10:29 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) whalemeat 04/13/2000 6:52 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) tsuwm 04/13/2000 12:58 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) Jackie 04/14/2000 2:00 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) tsuwm 04/14/2000 3:14 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) David108 05/09/2000 7:15 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) lusy 05/11/2000 7:41 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia) tribble 04/24/2000 10:54 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,304 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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