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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread baksheesh #189778 03/06/2010 7:18 AM Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 UK Umber stranger Umber stranger Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 UK I guess the expression "Buckshee" is derived from this word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: baksheesh Umber #189782 03/06/2010 1:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That's what the OED says. The reason I'd never heard of it before is that it is "chiefly British". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: baksheesh Faldage #189784 03/06/2010 1:43 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA Working for tips, I began to hear baksheesh in the late 1960s in the northeastern U.S. Later (and not very much later) came lagniappe, which I understand is common in SW Louisiana and in New Orleans. In Latin America, they speak of la mordida ("the bite") when referring to unofficial pay-offs. La mordida bears a sense of institutionalized corruption unlike the others, which refer simply to "a little extra," voluntarily given. Lagniappe doesn't necessarily refer to money: it may refer to the extra donut in a "baker's dozen." I've never heard baksheesh used for anything except money - in fact, I've heard it used synonymously with "money," not necessarily extra money - but it may be that it can refer to non-monetary extras, as well. Last edited by beck123; 03/06/2010 1:45 PM. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous 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 Posts230,312 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 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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