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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Poking Borak #14980 01/11/01 08:49 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." For etymologies without that gnomic "[Ab.]", ask a modern dictionary. The Oxford Concise Australian Dictionary lists borak as (i) adv. (obs.) no, not; (ii) the sense 'fun' we already know about. Australian pidgin, from Wathawurung burag 'no, not'. QEI. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Poking the Borax Capital Kiwi 01/08/01 01:00 AM Re: Poking the Borax Jackie 01/08/01 03:03 AM Re: Poking the Borax Capital Kiwi 01/08/01 05:48 AM Re: Poking the Borax NicholasW 01/08/01 11:22 AM Re: Poking the Borax Jackie 01/08/01 03:36 PM Re: Poking the Borax Capital Kiwi 01/09/01 04:06 AM Re: Poking the Borax NicholasW 01/09/01 08:32 AM Re: Poking the Borax Capital Kiwi 01/09/01 08:43 AM Re: Poking the Borax NicholasW 01/09/01 10:01 AM Re: Poking the Borax Bobyoungbalt 01/09/01 08:21 PM Post deleted by musick musick 01/09/01 11:31 PM Re: Poking the Borax tsuwm 01/10/01 12:28 AM Re: Poking the Borax Jackie 01/10/01 02:13 AM Re: Poking the Borax Capital Kiwi 01/10/01 03:56 AM Re: Poking the Borax NicholasW 01/10/01 01:51 PM Re: Poking Borak NicholasW 01/11/01 08:49 AM Re: Poking the Borax wsieber 01/11/01 12:19 PM Re: Poking the Borax NicholasW 01/11/01 01:07 PM Re: Poking the Borax of troy 01/10/01 02:15 PM Post deleted by musick musick 01/10/01 04:29 PM Re: Poking the Borax Jackie 01/10/01 04:36 PM Re: quoth the raven tsuwm 01/10/01 04:41 PM Re: Poking the Borax stales 01/09/01 04:40 PM chemistry lesson of troy 01/09/01 05:13 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 Posts229,317 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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