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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? #202103 08/26/11 01:39 AM Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 E eileen11 OP stranger OP eileen11 stranger E Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 i have heard this word used numerous times (the first in "An Officer and a Gentleman") and even on a box of cheese straws. it seems to be linked with the southern united states. i have investigated only a little but haven't really found much. does anyone know? do you know the etymology? thanks. [ads removed. -moderator] Last edited by Wordsmith; 08/26/11 04:40 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? eileen11 #202104 08/26/11 01:58 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 notified for ads; but here is bodacious: bodacious, adj. /bəˈdeɪʃəs/ Forms: Also bowdacious. Etymology: Perhaps a variant of English dialect boldacious, a combination of bold and audacious. U.S. dial. Complete, thorough, arrant. Also as adv. [OED2] Draft additions 1997 2. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a. Excellent, fabulous, great. b. Sexually attractive. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? eileen11 #202112 08/26/11 03:38 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: eileen11 i have heard this word used numerous times (the first in "An Officer and a Gentleman") and even on a box of cheese straws. it seems to be linked with the southern united states. i have investigated only a little but haven't really found much. does anyone know? do you know the etymology? thanks. [ads removed. -moderator] Each time you do this E...eleven, you will have advs. removed. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? LukeJavan8 #202114 08/26/11 04:03 PM 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 >you will have the ads removed. or worse.. "Weird that this spammer went to the trouble to post a relevant message. I debated with myself whether to remove the user as the links were blatant, but decided to give her the benefit of doubt. Removed the ads, but kept the user. I hope she doesn't repeat this behavior." -Anu Garg [hope you don't mind the quote, Anu.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? tsuwm #202115 08/26/11 04:15 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: tsuwm >you will have the ads removed. or worse.. "Weird that this spammer went to the trouble to post a relevant message. I debated with myself whether to remove the user as the links were blatant, but decided to give her the benefit of doubt. Removed the ads, but kept the user. I hope she doesn't repeat this behavior." -Anu Garg [hope you don't mind the quote, Anu.] I could be wrong, but it seems to me, yesterday there was one similar. Message at top, huge space in the middle and crazy adv. of some sort at the bottom (large colored pic). We'll wait and see. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 08/26/11 04:16 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? tsuwm #202116 08/26/11 04:20 PM 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 to whom it may concern.. the way that the "ignore" function works is that for each "ignored" post I see this: *** You are ignoring this user *** Toggle the display of this post thus, an option for each and every "ignored" post! I must admit that even I can not always resist. -joe (full disclosure) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? tsuwm #202117 08/26/11 05:15 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Whatever. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? LukeJavan8 #202118 08/26/11 05:26 PM 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 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 I could be wrong, but it seems to me, yesterday there was one similar. Message at top, huge space in the middle and crazy adv. of some sort at the bottom (large colored pic). We'll wait and see. yes, what you have just described is precisely what was here in this very thread. there. now I, too, have added nil to the dialectic of the forum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? tsuwm #202119 08/26/11 07:40 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: tsuwm Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 I could be wrong, but it seems to me, yesterday there was one similar. Message at top, huge space in the middle and crazy adv. of some sort at the bottom (large colored pic). We'll wait and see. yes, what you have just described is precisely what was here in this very thread. there. now I, too, have added nil to the dialectic of the forum. Do your thing. Whatever. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 08/26/11 07:41 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bodacious (spelling error?) is it slang? LukeJavan8 #202120 08/26/11 08:08 PM 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 >Whatever. yup - back to ignore mode. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 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. 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