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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: spittin' image #76596 07/21/2002 8:58 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 based on spitting image or not... T’other way around, Jackie, according to the OED citation quoted in Dody’s excellent Linguist link: …the following OED citations: (1690) We are of our father the devil,...as like him as if spit out of his mouth. http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/4/4-780.html (great detective work, Dody!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted spittin' image inselpeter 07/20/2002 5:45 AM Re: spittin' image dodyskin 07/20/2002 11:35 AM Re: spittin' image inselpeter 07/20/2002 6:56 PM chip off the old block FishonaBike 07/21/2002 1:15 AM Re: spittin' image Jackie 07/21/2002 2:05 AM Re: spittin' image maverick 07/21/2002 8:58 PM Re: spittin' image inselpeter 07/22/2002 3:31 AM 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 Topics13,917 Posts230,530 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,323 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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