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#208883 - 01/10/13 02:19 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]
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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!
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#208885 - 01/10/13 03:26 PM Re: scosche [Re: Prof@NHTI]
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#208910 - 01/11/13 12:36 AM Re: scosche [Re: Capital Kiwi]
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Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Capital KiwiSo ... 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]
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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.
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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]
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Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: jetcityjesterI 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'.
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