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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: break a leg #61724 03/19/02 04:17 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas A Abagogo stranger Abagogo stranger A Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas I had always heard that it derived in early 20th cent./late 19th cent. theater. It was wished to a person about to go on stage as a means of disarming the worst possible occurrence while on stage...breaking your leg. If you wish someone great success and it doesn't happen then you're in trouble but if you wish someone to break their leg and it doesn't happen then you're okay. Kind of early reverse psychology. Nobody stranger Nobody stranger Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted break a leg Eddie 03/19/02 01:40 PM Re: break a leg wwh 03/19/02 01:55 PM Re: break a leg belligerentyouth 03/19/02 02:10 PM Re: break a leg AnnaStrophic 03/19/02 02:22 PM Re: break a leg boronia 03/19/02 02:43 PM Re: break a leg wwh 03/19/02 02:49 PM Re: break a leg WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/02 03:06 PM Re: break a leg boronia 03/19/02 03:42 PM Re: break a leg WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/02 03:44 PM Re: break a leg WhitmanO'Neill 03/19/02 03:52 PM Re: break a leg hev 03/20/02 12:11 AM Re: break a leg WhitmanO'Neill 03/20/02 02:27 AM Re: break a leg Abagogo 03/19/02 04:17 PM Mooted Jackie 03/20/02 12:03 AM Re: moot point hev 03/20/02 12:31 AM Re: moot point wofahulicodoc 03/20/02 01:43 AM Re: moot point Keiva 03/20/02 09:33 PM Re: Mooted Eddie 03/21/02 10:34 AM Re: Mooted boronia 03/21/02 05:17 PM Re: Mooted Capital Kiwi 03/21/02 09:40 PM Re: break a leg Flatlander 03/20/02 12:38 PM Re: break a leg modestgoddess 03/20/02 08:40 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,398 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 937 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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