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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rapscallions, rogues etc #87836 11/26/2002 1:30 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1 tfriel stranger tfriel stranger Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1 My great grandmother used to call us scallawags. It has been a long time since I have heard anyone use this term. I even had a book about a little dog called scallawag. Also heard it pronounced as scalliwag. Also I coined a term when I was young: shredick. I used it to describe the way a paper bag looks when it has been filled with buttery popcorn. Sort of , well shredick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rapscallions, rogues etc #87837 11/26/2002 2:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear tfriel: Scalawag was post Civil War Southern term of opprobrium. Not common now. "Shredick" is apparently a given name in Texas, and appears on a list of unclaimed refund checks, and on a list of deceased persons.To me it suggests consequences of trying to use fan in place of a vibrator. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rapscallions, rogues etc #87838 11/26/2002 3:24 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Hello, tfriel - and welcome aBoard. I also remember this phrase from my childhood. My mother used the term frquently when talking to me. She also used rapscallion, occasionally, but that's a term I've never researched. Any ideas of it's provenance, any one? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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