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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 #208883 - 01/10/13 02:19 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England So ... skosh I have seen (although I've never heard it used). Divined its meaning from context in general terms, but now I understand it's a cognate for "gnat's cock". Thanks! The idiot also known as Capfka ... #208885 - 01/10/13 03:26 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont heh formerly known as etaoin... #208910 - 01/11/13 12:36 AM Re: scosche [Re: Capital Kiwi]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Capital Kiwi So ... skosh I have seen (although I've never heard it used). Divined its meaning from context in general terms, but now I understand it's a cognate for "gnat's cock". Thanks! Not quite. More like red pubic hair, 毫 #214270 - 02/22/14 10:21 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]   Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 jetcityjester stranger jetcityjester   stranger Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 Seattle I first heard it when I joined the Army in 1977, in Korea with the 2nd Division. I was told it was Japanese in origin and and it came from GI's stationed in Occupied Japan after WWII. #214271 - 02/22/14 10:24 PM Re: scosche [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 jetcityjester stranger jetcityjester   stranger Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2 Seattle While in the Army, we Combat Engineers would use a "C-Hair" (or a "C**t-hair") as a unit of measure. Even smaller was the "Red C-Hair". #214272 - 02/23/14 12:37 AM Re: scosche [Re: jetcityjester]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: jetcityjester I first heard it when I joined the Army in 1977, in Korea with the 2nd Division. I was told it was Japanese in origin and and it came from GI's stationed in Occupied Japan after WWII. It is from Japanese. The original is sukoshi, and it means 'a little bit'. The way it is pronounced in Tokyo Japanese the U and the I are barely there, being whispered, so it comes across to the American ear as s'kosh'. Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 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 View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,881 Posts224,661 Members9,048 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Sammy87, Bentron2000, Santanu, DavidOrigami, RichEngle 9048 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 93 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 51 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 10 may2point0 3 SantaFeR 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,883 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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