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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #213859 - 01/07/14 04:10 PM What does this quote mean?   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it #213863 - 01/07/14 05:06 PM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass kempt :: neat, tidy (combed) it looks to me as though kempt is actually an old word that went obsolete or unused for several hundred years, and then was recovered via back-formation from unkempt. #213866 - 01/07/14 06:56 PM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 FWIW, the kempt part seems to come from an Old English verb meaning 'to comb'. Not to mention humorously reviving the obsolete word kempt. #213873 - 01/08/14 10:53 AM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 So it means, "this is what happened in my dream. My hair was in order but my sweetheart disorganized it.?" What does it want to say? #213874 - 01/08/14 11:19 AM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass what does it 'want' to say? it seems to say what it says about lovers mussing each other's hair.. it could also be euphemistic, I can't tell what the dream(s) have to do with it without seeing this 'quote' in context; it could mean that the dreamer was dreaming of being ravished by their lover. using a rare 'opposite' of unkempt makes me think this author wasn't being very serious; see Quinion and How I met my wife. edit: I assume that this is the source of your quote: This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it. -Ogden Nash Ogden Nash was well known for his humorous poetry. Last edited by tsuwm; 01/08/14 12:18 PM. #213877 - 01/08/14 12:57 PM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 So my literal interpretation was correct and it's just that? #213878 - 01/08/14 01:11 PM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass to quote someone, it is what it is. : grin : #213879 - 01/08/14 01:12 PM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Plus the play on kempt meaning 'combed'. #223680 - 02/29/16 10:39 AM Re: What does this quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1 Beatrix stranger Beatrix   stranger Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1 It doesn't just refer to hair though does it. It almost means scruffy, i.e he's very unkempt, he looks like a hobo. Not cared for? 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