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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread caitiff #197151 02/08/2011 3:03 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 timbabwe stranger timbabwe stranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Walker Percy, in The Last Gentleman, cited the expression "Go to, caitiff!" as campus slang at Princeton University, current in the 1930's but obsolete by 1966, when the book was written. -- I am pedantically obligated to state that there is no apostrophe in Finnegans Wake, by Jame's Joyce, author of Dubliner's and Ulysse's. ---Tim Szeliga Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted caitiff timbabwe 02/08/2011 3:03 PM Re: caitiff LukeJavan8 02/08/2011 4:20 PM Re: caitiff BranShea 02/08/2011 9:32 PM Re: caitiff tsuwm 02/08/2011 9:40 PM Re: caitiff Jackie 02/09/2011 1:42 AM Re: caitiff BranShea 02/09/2011 10:42 AM Re: caitiff LukeJavan8 02/09/2011 3:56 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,389 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,213 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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