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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Fossil words EHS #212815 10/12/2013 2:16 PM Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1 Mary Holbrow stranger Mary Holbrow stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1 Re: fustilugs -- I think "lugs" is more likely to refer to the O.E. term for "ears" -- not an uncommon usage -- rather than something to do with carrying weight. Fustilugs would be somebody with mouldy ears. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fossil words EHS 10/03/2013 2:24 PM Re: Fossil words deelightfull 10/03/2013 4:47 PM ...many online references for word origins wofahulicodoc 10/04/2013 12:48 AM Re: ...many online references for word origins Faldage 10/05/2013 9:14 AM Re: Fossil words Mary Holbrow 10/12/2013 2:16 PM Re: Fossil words Bazr 06/07/2014 7:20 AM 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 Posts230,328 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 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,171 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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