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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: flannel merchant? Buffalo Shrdlu #170671 10/17/2007 12:03 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think the question has boiled down to "why did 'flannel' come to mean to talk evasively to; flatter in order to mislead." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted flannel merchant? linguophile 10/16/2007 11:18 AM Re: flannel merchant? dalehileman 10/16/2007 3:38 PM Re: flannel merchant? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/16/2007 3:43 PM Re: flannel merchant? AnnaStrophic 10/16/2007 4:07 PM Re: flannel merchant? tsuwm 10/16/2007 4:10 PM Re: flannel merchant? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/16/2007 4:32 PM Re: flannel merchant? BranShea 10/16/2007 4:37 PM Re: flannel merchant? Hydra 10/17/2007 12:53 AM Re: flannel merchant? Buffalo Shrdlu 10/17/2007 11:39 AM Re: flannel merchant? Faldage 10/17/2007 12:03 PM Re: flannel merchant? BranShea 10/17/2007 12:21 PM Re: flannel merchant? AnnaStrophic 10/17/2007 1:18 PM Re: flannel merchant? BranShea 10/17/2007 4:15 PM Re: flannel merchant? Faldage 10/18/2007 10:27 AM Re: flannel merchant? Zed 10/19/2007 4:59 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,438 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 22 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,253 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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