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Posted By: wwh hussy - 01/02/04 06:40 PM
Philip refers to a female art student he had known in Paris, who had had several affairs with a couple of his
friends as a "hussy". It occurred to me that I had no idea
as to etymology of word. It surprised me:
hussy

SYLLABICATION: hus·sy
PRONUNCIATION: hz, hs
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. hus·sies
1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife. See housewife.


Posted By: sjmaxq Re: hussy - 01/02/04 07:03 PM
When HRH Andrew, Duke of York, was serving in the RN, aboard HMS Brazen, the helicopter he flew was called Hussy. Even as a child, I found that amusing, especially given his own soubriquet at the time.

Posted By: wwh Re: hussy - 01/02/04 07:10 PM
So many members of the crew had an affair with the samew Brazen Hussy.

What indeed, was HRH's soubriquet? Randy Andy?

Posted By: sjmaxq Re: hussy - 01/02/04 07:13 PM
>Randy Andy

Aye, or, as they say in Maaori, Ae.

Posted By: wwh Re: hussy - 01/02/04 07:14 PM
Dirty minds run in the same gutter.

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