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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Jimmies - word origin #78443 08/20/2002 11:38 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 One reason why they would never be called "Jimmies" over here is that the word was a very usual piece of rhyming slang - a contraction for "Jimmy Riddle." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Jimmies - word origin maderiye 08/16/2002 12:32 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin wwh 08/16/2002 4:30 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin AnnaStrophic 08/16/2002 4:44 PM Jimmies are way serious Hyla 08/16/2002 7:51 PM Re: Jimmies are way serious WhitmanO'Neill 08/16/2002 9:15 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin sjm 08/16/2002 10:02 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin Capital Kiwi 08/16/2002 10:08 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin sjm 08/16/2002 10:11 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin wwh 08/16/2002 10:44 PM Re: tenuous connection to cones chocolate dipped wow 08/17/2002 8:10 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin wsieber 08/19/2002 1:02 PM gestampte muisjes! of troy 08/19/2002 3:45 PM Re: gestampte muisjes! RhubarbCommando 08/20/2002 9:30 AM Re: Jimmies - word origin Jackie 08/20/2002 10:51 AM Re: Jimmies - word origin RhubarbCommando 08/20/2002 11:38 AM Re: Jimmies - word origin belMarduk 08/20/2002 7:50 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin Faldage 08/21/2002 12:25 AM Re: Jimmies - word origin rkay 08/22/2002 3:43 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin of troy 08/22/2002 3:49 PM Re: Jimmies - word origin Faldage 08/22/2002 3:52 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 Posts230,385 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,209 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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