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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: huckery #111189 08/30/03 09:59 PM 08/30/03 09:59 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Sorry, Faldage. Here in Zild, huckery means old, decrepit, run-down, threadbare, etc. Googling the owrd strongly suggests the usage is confined to Zild, and the word huckster is not used here. So, my question remains, where did we get our meaning of the word, and why does even the OED not have a reference for this usage? noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Re: huckery #111190 08/30/03 10:35 PM 08/30/03 10:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 confined to Zild Musta come from all y'alls rendering of Huckery Duckery Dock :) Re: huckery #111191 08/30/03 10:41 PM 08/30/03 10:41 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass huckery == scungy ah, that explains it. :) p.s. - I also saw reference to a book titled "The Huckery Mole". perhaps that explains it (or not, it's prolly a proper name). Re: huckery #111192 08/30/03 10:51 PM 08/30/03 10:51 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui huckery == scungy ah, that explains it. :) name). Explains it how, dammit?! Next thing I know you'll be telling me elephants got hooves! noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Re: huckery #111193 08/30/03 11:35 PM 08/30/03 11:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Is that Geoff as in Chaucer? Re: huckery #111194 08/31/03 03:19 AM 08/31/03 03:19 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >Is that Geoff as in Chaucer? Howdy, Pilgrim, and thanks for getting it. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Re: huckery #111195 08/31/03 03:12 PM 08/31/03 03:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York No small part of your charm is your subtlety, Max. Re: huckery #111196 08/31/03 05:13 PM 08/31/03 05:13 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass from the Juxtaposition (out of context) for Fun & Profit Dept. max> Explains it how, dammit?! ASp> No small part of your charm is your subtlety, Max. Re: huckery #111197 08/31/03 08:06 PM 08/31/03 08:06 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >from the Juxtaposition (out of context) for Fun & Profit Dept. I can never hear juxtapose without thinking of Emo Phillips: --------------------------------- I had an argument with my father. I argued that Plato was the father of philosophy. My dad takes the opposite position, that I should wax the kitchen floor. I said: "Well, the kitchen floor doesn't exist, at least not in the permanent sense the concept "floor" does." He said: "Do you think the concept "your skull" exists?" I said: "Yes" And then he surprised me by juxtaposing the two concepts. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Re: conceptual juxtaposition #111198 08/31/03 08:20 PM 08/31/03 08:20 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass now *that* was subtle. 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