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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: origin of "wop" #51834 01/08/02 04:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Derivations from acronyms start off with two strikes against them (should this be in Weekly Themes?) and I think the term is a little too wide spread to be of Newfoundland origin (no offense). My favorite etymological source goes with Italian guappo. http://www.bartleby.com/61/81/W0218100.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted you can take the boy out of the country... Keiva 01/04/02 08:11 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... AnnaStrophic 01/04/02 08:40 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... WhitmanO'Neill 01/04/02 09:37 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... wwh 01/04/02 10:02 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Wordwind 01/04/02 10:44 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... WhitmanO'Neill 01/04/02 10:51 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... WhitmanO'Neill 01/04/02 11:24 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Angel 01/05/02 12:16 AM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... WhitmanO'Neill 01/05/02 08:09 AM Re: B. Baer Faldage 01/05/02 12:29 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Faldage 01/05/02 12:32 PM Re: The Full Monty Faldage 01/05/02 12:34 PM Re: The Full Monty WhitmanO'Neill 01/05/02 06:22 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Jazzoctopus 01/05/02 03:56 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Bean 01/07/02 03:30 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Faldage 01/07/02 07:37 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Bean 01/08/02 02:37 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Faldage 01/08/02 03:06 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... AnnaStrophic 01/08/02 03:16 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Faldage 01/08/02 03:29 PM Re: wop AnnaStrophic 01/08/02 03:42 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Bean 01/08/02 03:51 PM Re: origin of "wop" Faldage 01/08/02 04:14 PM Re: origin of "wop" Bean 01/08/02 06:33 PM Re: origin of "wop" Faldage 01/08/02 06:41 PM Re: origin of "wop" Keiva 01/08/02 07:15 PM Re: origin of "wop" Bean 01/09/02 11:51 AM Re: origin of "wop" Faldage 01/09/02 01:57 PM Re: origin of "wop" Keiva 01/09/02 04:25 PM Re: origin of "wop" Faldage 01/09/02 04:55 PM Re: origin of "wop" Keiva 01/10/02 08:08 PM Re: origin of "wop" WhitmanO'Neill 01/10/02 10:21 PM Re: WOPS Faldage 01/08/02 04:36 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Anonymous 01/08/02 02:52 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Keiva 01/11/02 02:34 AM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Faldage 01/11/02 12:04 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... WhitmanO'Neill 01/12/02 04:40 AM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... travbailey 10/17/15 09:14 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... LukeJavan8 10/17/15 11:34 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... sleeper54 01/31/23 06:29 AM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... sleeper54 01/31/23 06:31 AM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Rainmaker 11/05/15 08:27 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Rainmaker 11/05/15 08:51 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... LukeJavan8 11/05/15 08:48 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... musick 12/14/15 11:52 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... Rainmaker 01/26/16 06:07 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... May 01/26/16 06:20 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... May 01/26/16 06:54 PM Re: you can take the boy out of the country... LukeJavan8 01/31/23 08:40 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 Posts229,322 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 (), 453 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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