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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dickens #54653 02/04/2002 2:46 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 "Dickens" has been a synonym for "devil" and "hell" since the 1500s. Hence the "what the dickens..." and "give me the dickens...." usages. ........~~ The Source Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Sparteye 01/31/2002 9:05 PM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Capital Kiwi 01/31/2002 9:13 PM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wwh 01/31/2002 10:18 PM for Fun, anyway wofahulicodoc 02/01/2002 12:44 AM Re: for Fun, anyway Keiva 02/01/2002 1:21 AM Re: for Fun, anyway Sparteye 02/01/2002 3:00 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wofahulicodoc 02/01/2002 1:23 AM Re: School Teachers wow 02/01/2002 3:35 PM You've come a long way, baby wofahulicodoc 02/01/2002 7:22 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby Capital Kiwi 02/01/2002 9:42 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby wwh 02/01/2002 11:28 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby Bean 02/04/2002 2:11 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby wow 02/04/2002 5:40 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby stales 02/05/2002 3:53 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Jackie 02/02/2002 1:59 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Sparteye 02/02/2002 3:15 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Dickens 02/02/2002 3:31 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wow 02/02/2002 10:35 PM Dickens Sparteye 02/04/2002 2:46 AM Re: Dickens Dickens 02/04/2002 2:55 AM Re: Dickens Capital Kiwi 02/04/2002 6:54 AM Re: Dickens Sparteye 02/04/2002 5:48 PM Re: Dickens Capital Kiwi 02/04/2002 10:07 PM Re: Dickens belMarduk 02/04/2002 11:25 PM High speed trains TEd Remington 02/05/2002 6:10 PM Re: Dickens tsuwm 02/05/2002 6:25 PM Re: Dickensian travel maverick 02/05/2002 6:31 PM Re: Dickensian travel wwh 02/05/2002 6:55 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 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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