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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: hats off! #125564 09/15/05 05:20 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ To languagehat, who managed to track this one down for me: In reply to: Used orally from the 1970s but the first written citation we have is 1988. It could have originated from a corrupted form of pakaru (Maori) meaning broken or ruined. Dianne B Dr Dianne Bardsley Manager/Lexicographer New Zealand Dictionary Centre Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington NZ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This huckery dump is a total fiasco #125565 09/15/05 05:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland The word Fiasko is used in German in the same sense as in English, and though the connection with the Italian bottle is generally recognised, there is no real consensus about how the word acquired its present meaning. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hats off! #125566 09/15/05 05:46 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Vernon, I assume you are replying as to huckery, not fiasco? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hats off! #125567 09/15/05 07:52 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Yep. sjmaxq asked me to try to find something out about it. Somebody here recommended languagehat, and it worked. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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