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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread horsewater #159729 05/14/06 03:52 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA ...we made damn good beer. If we had made ~ it wouldn’t have been received so well–Op, Raccoon Lodge Brew Pub Art Larrance as quoted by AP There are several possible meanings (1) polluted well (2) fluid in horse trough (3) equine you-know what Need common interpretations, estimates of its age, etc--Thanks kindly all dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: horsewater #159730 05/14/06 05:01 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont no. 3 if I'm interpreting your ~ correctly... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: horsewater #159731 05/15/06 03:27 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 I'd say ~ is an obvious euphemism for horse p*ss, itself a common enough epithet for bad beer. as in, "Boy, this Dakota Beer tastes like horse p*ss."** you surely wouldn't use the real McCoy in an advert. ** words I think I myself once uttered. Dakota beer was green, short-lived, and truly awful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: horsewater #159732 05/16/06 05:02 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I thought our beloved brother Dale had agreed to stop using ~ in this manner. Maybe I imagined it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: horsewater #159733 05/16/06 09:08 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont yeah, I had hoped so, too... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: horsewater #159734 05/16/06 09:36 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Where I comes from, we'all call bad beer weasel-p*ss ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Alack #159735 05/16/06 02:25 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Quote: I thought our beloved brother Dale had agreed to stop using ~ in this manner. Maybe I imagined it. Alas, alack. Terrible habit, owing to overuse of the dictionary, I shall sincerely endeavor to overcome dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 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 (), 767 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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