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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 #209096 - 01/16/13 10:00 PM Re: herricott & fazool [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. bunco? Where they from? From a card game banco, related to bank ;¬ ) %^) Ceci n'est pas un seing. #209097 - 01/16/13 10:12 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,977 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,977 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Tromboniator Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 A discussion of ... nothingness??? We could spend hours here with nothing to talk about. And often do! ----please, draw me a sheep---- #209100 - 01/17/13 02:09 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: zmjezhd so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. bunco? Where they from? From a card game banco, related to bank ;¬ ) %^) okey dokey! can we extrapolate bunk bed from bunk house? or did that come about vicey versey? formerly known as etaoin... #209103 - 01/17/13 06:59 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky From the Army? #209111 - 01/17/13 01:48 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. Etymology Online claims it's from bunker. Just a step up from "unknown". #209113 - 01/17/13 04:21 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh can we extrapolate bunk bed from bunk house? I am not sure, but if I had to guess I'd say the hosue from the beds in it. Ceci n'est pas un seing. #209114 - 01/17/13 04:25 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Etymology Online claims it's from bunker. Etymology Online says: "1758, probably a shortened from bunker (q.v.)." That "probably" is one reason I do not care for EO. The guy who cobbled it together from all sorts of sources seems not to like "origin unknown" or "etymology uncertain" and does his best to "solve" these lacunae. Ceci n'est pas un seing. #209115 - 01/17/13 04:49 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont so vicey versey on the bunk beds, and bunker has nothing to do with Buncombe. It's all coming together! formerly known as etaoin... Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,920 Members9,020 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Abishek, Rogerdoctor, SquareDonut, WonderW, Trailjohn 9020 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 55 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 LukeJavan8 13 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,977 wofahulicodoc 7,498 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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