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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread sometimes a word is only subpar #151375 12/02/2005 3:54 AM 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 like chav, for instance. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sometimes a word is only subpar #151376 12/02/2005 11:59 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean In Spanish, chavo(a) means a young person. In Puerto Rico, they use the word "chavos" as a slang term for money, as in "I don't have the chavos yet. Payday is tomorrow." Quote: Kev is common around London Hmmm, I thought that was Chicago... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sometimes a word is only subpar #151377 12/02/2005 3:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Neat article, m--thanks for posting it! sovereign rings Rings made from, or made to look like, gold coins? ‘council-house facelift’ Struck me as not very nice, but having learnt that a council estate more or less equates to our housing projects, I think I got that one. deeply insulting pikey Don't know if I've heard the word pikey, but I wouldn't have known it was "deeply insulting". I know piker is, though I don't know what it means. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sometimes a word is only subpar #151378 12/03/2005 12:21 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: Quote: Kev is common around London Hmmm, I thought that was Chicago... Our Kev isn't common anywhere. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sometimes a word is only subpar #151379 12/03/2005 2:13 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Enjoyed that article. First read "council house facelift" as originating with the wearers, and thought it was pretty funny, then reconsidered. First read "chav" as "schav," a cold soup made with "sour grass," to add something apropos nothing. 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 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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