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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Etymology #112618 09/24/03 09:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 OED has 1600 as the earliest citation for fiddlestick(s) for nonsense. It is the earliest of the fiddle-faddle, fiddle-de-dee group. The actual quote is: A fiddlesticke! ne're tell me I am full of words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymology Scilla 09/24/03 03:05 PM Re: Etymology Faldage 09/24/03 03:17 PM Re: Etymology of troy 09/24/03 04:50 PM Re: Etymology AnnaStrophic 09/24/03 05:21 PM Re: Etymology Faldage 09/24/03 05:24 PM Re: Etymology Faldage 09/24/03 09:17 PM Re: Etymology wsieber 09/25/03 05:39 AM Meanwhile, Scilla, AnnaStrophic 09/24/03 05:32 PM Re: Etymology - tangential shanks 09/24/03 05:38 PM Re: Etymology - tangential AnnaStrophic 09/24/03 05:54 PM Re: Etymology - tangential Alex Williams 09/24/03 06:28 PM Re: Etymology - tangential shanks 09/24/03 06:47 PM Re: Etymology - tangential sjmaxq 09/24/03 09:34 PM Re: Etymology - tangential Jackie 09/25/03 01:37 AM Re: Etymology - tangential Faldage 09/24/03 06:26 PM 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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 688 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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