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#210374 - 04/11/13 07:42 PM Re: Anu's Lexicon: Thursday [Re: LukeJavan8]
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attorn
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-TUHRN)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To turn over rent, goods, etc. to another.
verb intr.: To agree to be a tenant of a new landlord of the same property.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French atorner (to assign to), from a- (to) + torner (to turn). An attorney is the person one turns to to represent oneself. Earliest documented use: 1458.
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attorny : Attorney-at-law as described in a legal brief
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#210445 - 04/15/13 12:18 PM Anu's Lexicon: Blue Monday Tax Monday [Re: jenny jenny]
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peeping Tom
PRONUNCIATION:
(PEE-ping tom)
MEANING:
noun: Someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching others; voyeur.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the legend of Lady Godiva who rode unclothed through the streets of Coventry, England to persuade her husband to lower taxes on the people. All the townfolk shuttered their windows, except for a tailor named Tom who couldn't resist and watched. Earliest documented use: 1769.
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WEEPING TOM - Tom after the King raised axes instead of lowering taxes
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#210451 - 04/15/13 10:24 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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at this time of the year.
----please, draw me a sheep----
#210458 - 04/16/13 01:08 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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nice nelly
PRONUNCIATION:(nys NEL-ee)
MEANING:
noun: A person excessively concerned with propriety, modesty, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: A specialized use of the name Nelly, a nickname for Helen or Eleanor. Earliest documented use: 1922.
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ICE NELLY - as in "Whoa Nelly!"
The night was dark the sky was blue
Down the alley the ice wagon flew
It hit a bump and somebody screamed
You shoulda heard just what I seen
___________________________________ Bo Diddley 1957
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nosy parker or nosey parker
PRONUNCIATION: (NOH-zee PAHRK-uhr)
MEANING: noun: An overly inquisitive person.
ETYMOLOGY:
From nosy + the name Parker. It's not clear who this person was. Earliest documented use: 1890. Also see, quidnunc.
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COSY ARKER Brit. - crowded but comfortable
#210482 - 04/17/13 04:05 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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