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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bub #147409 09/06/05 02:56 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA In another thread, Jackie referred to Ullrich as "bub." What could she mean by that? Might it be a shortened familiar form of Beelzebub? A derivative of the Yiddish bube -- meaning sweetie, darling. A shortening of the Southern American bubba -- meaning a good old boy. A use of the 19th Century British bub for a male pal. ... or something else? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bub Father Steve 09/06/05 02:56 AM Re: Bub belligerentyouth 09/06/05 09:46 AM Re: Bub Faldage 09/06/05 09:55 AM Re: Bub consuelo 09/06/05 10:07 AM Re: Bub Marianna 09/06/05 01:11 PM Re: Bub of troy 09/06/05 11:29 AM Re: Bub Father Steve 09/06/05 12:59 PM In the Moody musick 09/06/05 01:06 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/06/05 01:23 PM Re: Bub AnnaStrophic 09/06/05 01:45 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/06/05 02:03 PM Re: Bub belligerentyouth 09/06/05 04:54 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/06/05 05:06 PM Re: Bub belligerentyouth 09/06/05 04:43 PM Re: Bub Father Steve 09/06/05 07:03 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/07/05 01:04 AM Re: Bub inselpeter 09/07/05 04:05 AM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/07/05 02:27 PM Re: Bub TEd Remington 09/07/05 03:59 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/07/05 04:16 PM Re: Bub inselpeter 09/07/05 07:56 PM Re: Bub tsuwm 09/07/05 08:05 PM Re: Bub Jackie 09/08/05 01:02 AM Re: Bub ullrich 09/09/05 10:41 PM Re: Bub belMarduk 09/10/05 12:01 AM Re: Bub inselpeter 09/10/05 12:27 AM Re: Bub ullrich 09/10/05 11:16 AM Re: Bub inselpeter 09/10/05 11:39 AM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/07/05 08:46 PM Re: Bub inselpeter 09/07/05 09:58 PM Re: Bub Faldage 09/07/05 01:12 AM Re: Bub Buffalo Shrdlu 09/07/05 01:19 AM Re: Bub Faldage 09/07/05 10:18 AM Re: making the world safe for Unicode zmjezhd 09/07/05 02:25 PM special characters? tsuwm 09/07/05 03:21 PM Re: special characters? zmjezhd 09/07/05 03:29 PM Re: Bub zmjezhd 09/07/05 02:18 PM bubbling over wih glee wofahulicodoc 09/07/05 02:11 AM Re: Bub TEd Remington 09/06/05 11:13 AM Re: Bub Sparteye 09/06/05 01:53 PM Re: Bub johnjohn 09/06/05 09:41 PM Re: Bub Father Steve 09/06/05 10:33 PM Re: Bub Jackie 09/06/05 11:03 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 Posts229,344 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 1 members (A C Bowden), 770 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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