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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread of fensive remarks #120750 01/22/04 10:06 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick OP Carpal Tunnel OP maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Looking at the background etymology of Anu’s ‘fensibles’, I came across this charming expression in OED2: to make a Virginia fence: ‘to walk like a drunken man’ (Lowell Biglow Papers Introd.) [...] 1745 Franklin Drinker's Dict. Wks. 1887 II. 26 He makes a Virginia Fence. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted of fensive remarks maverick 01/22/04 10:06 AM Re: of fensive remarks tsuwm 01/22/04 11:41 AM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/22/04 12:56 PM Re: of fensive remarks Jackie 01/22/04 01:43 PM Re: The Ship that saw a Ghost Faldage 01/22/04 01:50 PM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/22/04 02:09 PM Re: of fensive remarks wwh 01/22/04 02:20 PM Re: of fensive remarks Capfka 01/22/04 02:35 PM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/22/04 04:19 PM Re: of fensive remarks Jackie 01/22/04 04:52 PM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/22/04 04:56 PM And in return-- Jackie 01/22/04 05:00 PM Re: And in return-- wwh 01/22/04 05:41 PM Re: And in return-- Faldage 01/22/04 05:52 PM Re: And in return-- wwh 01/22/04 06:11 PM Re: And in return-- Capfka 01/22/04 07:51 PM Re: of fensive remarks Faldage 01/22/04 04:59 PM Re: of fensive remarks Flatlander 01/27/04 06:56 PM Re: of fensive remarks AnnaStrophic 01/27/04 08:26 PM Re: of fensive remarks Jackie 01/29/04 02:55 AM Re: of fensive remarks Wordwind 01/29/04 05:45 AM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/29/04 11:38 PM Re: of fensive remarks Wordwind 01/30/04 12:19 AM Re: of fensive remarks wwh 01/30/04 01:03 AM Re: of fensive remarks maverick 01/30/04 01:28 AM Re: of fensive remarks Wordwind 01/30/04 10:56 AM Re: Split rail fences Faldage 01/30/04 11:59 AM Re: Split rail fences AnnaStrophic 01/30/04 02:22 PM Re: Split rail fences maverick 01/30/04 02:59 PM Re: Split rail fences Jackie 01/30/04 04:55 PM Re: Split rail fences Wordwind 01/30/04 05:34 PM Re: of fensive remarks Wordwind 01/27/04 08:26 PM Re: of fensive remarks wwh 01/27/04 09:52 PM Re: of fensive tangent Wordwind 01/27/04 10:16 PM Re: of fensive tangent wwh 01/28/04 02:33 AM Re: of fensive tangent Wordwind 01/28/04 03:13 AM Re: of fensive tangent Faldage 01/28/04 08:08 AM Re: of fensive tangent Wordwind 01/28/04 12:34 PM Re: of fensive tangent Faldage 01/28/04 01:06 PM Re: of fensive tangent Wordwind 01/28/04 01:14 PM Re: of fensive tangent wwh 01/28/04 01:30 PM Re: of fensive tangent of troy 01/28/04 01:33 PM Re: of fensive tangent wwh 01/28/04 01:51 PM Re: of fensive tangent Wordwind 01/28/04 02:06 PM Re: Mav'? Wordwind 01/28/04 02:32 PM Re: of fensive tangent Flatlander 01/28/04 04:16 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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