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Max, I LOVE this phrase that you used!  I was wondering if anyone else has some other lovely descriptors, group nouns, or whatever, about what we have here.
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Oooo so sorry to go off thread so quick but what do you mean when you say "blagging" Max?
In French a blague is a joke. Are you hijacking his definition or making fun of it. I don't know where Jackie got your quote so I can't know by the context around it.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
blagging
SYLLABICATION:
blag·ging
PRONUNCIATION:
blgng
NOUN:
Caribbean Informal talk, usually among men, occurring in a public place: “the
street corner, the rum shop, the crossroads, wherever hanging out, or . . .
blagging, takes place” (Roger D. Abrahams).
ETYMOLOGY:
From French blaguer, to talk through one's hat, from blague, bladder, pouch,
of Germanic origin, ultimately from Latin bulga, leather bag. See bulge.
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Dear Max: I wonder if there is any relationship between your "blag" to rob, and the much older British slang "lag" to arrest, or as noun a criminal.
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Hey, Jackie, I too am not sure about the context of " A glory of words" but I like descriptive phrases. let me try...
This word forum:(sweetly) A flocking of wordlarks.
The members of this word forum: (crudely) The Grand Anuls of word retention.
But wait... uh?... is a prize given for this contest?
My Dear Jackie, in rural Alabama, October usually brings a blaze of Autumn color to the many stands of hardwoods. But in every stand there are trees of such breathtaking beauty that, as the locals say, "that tree is so purdy it makes you want to slap yore mammy." ( Don't ask me, thats just what they say). These special trees are called "Glory Trees".
Jackie, in the forest of words that is this forum, you are a Glory Tree and others are not. Milum
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