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I used the term high-falutin' in a PM today, and suddenly wondered about it. A Search revealed that we haven't had a discussion about it, though Dr. Bill, bless him, gave the origin: wwh
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High falutin or Hifaluten. Tall talk. (Dutch, verlooten, high-flown, stilted.) http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=75458 The term has only been used here 15 times, and 3 of those were an original and two copyings. There were a couple that had a g on the end of falutin', and at least one that didn't use a hyphen, but they were in essence all the same. Why don't we ever have a low-falutin' or just plain falutin'?
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Thank you for your kind words, Jackie. I had completely forgotten that thread. Come to think
of it though, I can't remember any other phrases given us by the Dutch, who gave us two
of our very best presidents. Incidentally, a prominent historian in an article in The Vocabula Review,
said Theodore Rossevelt was our best read President.
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I love that word, especially in the Music Man, by Meredith Willson. In one song, the Irish mother is belittling Marion the Librarian's penchant for literature: ". . . like Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other high-falutin' Greeks!" Thank you for the origin, Dr. Bill. I like to know those things. 
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I can't remember any other phrases given us by the Dutch
I believe our word boss came from Dutch. Any others off hand?
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>I believe our word boss came from Dutch. Any others off hand?
Yacht.
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It came through French to get here, but boulevard is from the Dutch.
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Why no low-falutin', asks JackieAs "verlooten" is translated by Bill as "high-flown" High-falutin, presumably, translates as high - high-flown. Therefore, low-falutin' would translate as "low high-flown" which is very oxy-moronic. I could see a use for it in an ironic or humourous context, but.
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Like underwhelmed, which should, from its etymology, mean having the ground washed out from under you or, metaphorically, having your base of support taken away, but is used as a humorous antonym to overwhelmed.
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