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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread As if I could give a hang #75146 07/05/2002 4:39 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... "As if I could give a hang!" Now what could be the derivation of that phrase? Has it already been discussed? Are you gonna say, "LIU!" Are you gonna pull "YART" on me? As if I could give a hang! No, really, rudeness aside from the very bored, very irritable Wordwind, I really would love to know where that terrifically useful phrase comes from because I really do give a hang about it, whatever a hang is. I better be careful here since I don't know what a hang is! Bored regards, WordWilting Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted As if I could give a hang Wordwind 07/05/2002 4:39 PM Re: As if I could give a hang of troy 07/05/2002 4:46 PM Re: As if I could give a hang wwh 07/05/2002 4:57 PM Re: As if I could give a hang Buffalo Shrdlu 07/06/2002 2:40 AM Re: As if I could give a hang Alex Williams 07/08/2002 3:38 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 Posts230,393 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 28 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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