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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: As if I could give a hang #75147 07/05/2002 4:46 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Interesting idiom.. i would guess, Damn gave way to dang.. and dang morphed into hang.. "as if i could give a damn" = "as if i could give a hang" just as "YO" is realy "here"-- it followed the same path as Whore did to end up as "hoe". William Safire covered the changes some years ago.. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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