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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: history of boobie prize #61641 03/18/2002 9:01 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Welcome aBoard, nanowiz, and thank you for an interesting question. Over in the UK, "booby" is a derogative term that dates back a couple of hundred years, possibly more (NicholasW - any ideas?) It is probably a corruption of "baby" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted history of boobie prize nanowiz 03/18/2002 8:49 PM Re: history of boobie prize RhubarbCommando 03/18/2002 9:01 PM Re: history of boobie prize WhitmanO'Neill 03/18/2002 9:07 PM Re: history of boobie prize Angel 03/19/2002 12:16 AM Re: history of boobie prize WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/2002 2:17 AM Re: no boobie prize WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/2002 2:34 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/19/2002 3:03 AM Re: no boobie prize WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/2002 3:29 AM Re: history of boobie prize Angel 03/19/2002 2:35 AM Re: history of boobie prize WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/2002 2:39 AM Re: history of boobie prize tsuwm 03/18/2002 9:12 PM Re: history of boobie prize belligerentyouth 03/18/2002 9:26 PM Re: no boobie prize hev 03/18/2002 9:51 PM Re: history of boobie prize stales 03/20/2002 2:17 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

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