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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: wimble-wamble #51521 01/03/02 03:30 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >not so sure about wimbling - that sounds like a boring occupation yeahbut, in wimble-wamble it's supposedly a reduplication of wamble and nothing to do with wimbling atall. OED gives it as Brit. dialect meaning to roll about in walking; evidently not where you are. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted football aptronym Sparteye 01/02/02 03:59 PM Re: football aptronym RhubarbCommando 01/03/02 12:04 PM Re: football aptronym Jackie 01/03/02 12:20 PM Re: football aptronym RhubarbCommando 01/03/02 12:27 PM Re: if it walks like a duck... tsuwm 01/03/02 02:10 PM Re: if it walks like a duck... RhubarbCommando 01/03/02 02:18 PM Re: wimble-wamble tsuwm 01/03/02 03:30 PM Re: wimble-wamble RhubarbCommando 01/03/02 04:04 PM Re: football aptronym Jackie 01/04/02 03:36 AM Re: football aptronym musick 01/05/02 07:07 PM Re: football aptronym WhitmanO'Neill 01/03/02 08:12 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,993 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,121 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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