Putz - 05/08/05 12:23 AM
To clean. Where is the connection -- unless it is "Putzfrau," which is a bit derrogatory??
Re: Putz - 05/08/05 12:57 AM
AHD says it's from Yiddish pots, penis. Maybe from Polish?
Re: Putz - 05/10/05 10:29 PM
And I thought "Happy Days" was such a nice, clean-cut show!
Re: Putz - 05/13/05 12:02 PM
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Re: Putz - 05/13/05 04:56 PM
What's a nice guy like you doing with a garter, dixbie? 
Re: Putz - 05/13/05 06:23 PM
> with a garter
He's a once aknight man.
He's a once aknight man.
Re: Putz - 06/15/14 11:03 AM
Putz {noun}
plaster · finery · trappings · furbelows
plaster · finery · trappings · furbelows
Re: Putz - 06/15/14 03:12 PM
Thread last used in '05 ! You sure have time on your hands.
Re: Putz - 06/15/14 09:28 PM
No time like the present.
OR
Keine Zeit wie der heutigen.j
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Keine Zeit wie der heutigen.j
Re: Putz - 06/16/14 02:16 PM
English putz /'pʌʦ/ < Yiddish פאץ (pots) 'prick (both literal and figuratively)'.
German putzen /'pʊʦən/ 'to clean; buff' < early New High German butzen 'to adorn, emblazon, decorate' < butz 'booger; burned out, glowing end of a candle-wick'.
German putzen /'pʊʦən/ 'to clean; buff' < early New High German butzen 'to adorn, emblazon, decorate' < butz 'booger; burned out, glowing end of a candle-wick'.