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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Who are the hoi polloi? #34602 07/05/2001 11:04 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Bobyb reminds us that hoi is an article. Odd that we'd borrow an article along with the word itself. Is that because of the rhyme, maybe? Oher words for the polloi: fellaheen, the Great Unwashed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Who are the hoi polloi? Vernon Compton 07/04/2001 9:48 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Rapunzel 07/04/2001 11:30 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wordcrazy 07/04/2001 12:25 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wordcrazy 07/04/2001 12:29 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Vernon Compton 07/04/2001 7:20 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? belligerentyouth 07/05/2001 7:48 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? AnnaStrophic 07/05/2001 11:04 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Faldage 07/05/2001 4:06 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wwh 07/05/2001 4:37 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Bingley 07/06/2001 5:06 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? RhubarbCommando 07/05/2001 7:12 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? RhubarbCommando 07/05/2001 7:12 PM Re: other terms of endearment maverick 07/05/2001 10:13 PM Re: other terms of endearment wwh 07/05/2001 11:47 PM Re: other terms of endearment maverick 07/05/2001 11:50 PM Re: other terms of endearment Vernon Compton 07/06/2001 12:41 AM Re: the great unwashed paulb 07/06/2001 8:40 AM Re: the great unwashed (4 bars to a beatnik) maverick 07/07/2001 1:54 AM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases wow 07/04/2001 1:10 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases Bobyoungbalt 07/04/2001 5:18 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases Faldage 07/05/2001 12:23 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases wow 07/05/2001 6:26 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 Posts230,325 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 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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