Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Q&A about words Origin of Hunker Down? Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Origin of Hunker Down? #149755 11/02/2005 6:51 PM Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Lehigh Acres, FL Mel stranger Mel stranger Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Lehigh Acres, FL A friend mentioned after Hurricane Wilma that they'd never heard this expression before we were told to do this during the storm many times. Any idea where this expression originated? Thanks! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Origin of Hunker Down? #149756 11/02/2005 6:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass etymology online has this for hunker: "to squat, crouch," 1720, Scottish, probably from O.N. huka "to crouch," hoka, hokra "to crawl." Hunker down, Southern U.S. dialectal phrase, popularized c.1965, from northern British hunker "haunch." but if you want lots of speculation about the phrase, google: "hunker+down" +origin Last edited by tsuwm; 11/02/2005 7:09 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Duck ,duck, goose! #149757 11/03/2005 4:38 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Squatting is referred to as "getting down on your haunches". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk