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  1. "Denim" = the tough cloth used in jeans was originally made in Nimes, France > "Serge di Nimes" > shortened to "di Nimes" > denim.3:23 PM May 6th from web
  2. "Alarm" < Italian, "All'arme" -- "To arms!"3:17 PM May 6th from web
  3. "assassin"< arabic "Hassasin" = "followers of hashish" = band of Crusader killers who celebrated victory by getting stoned on hash3:43 AM Apr 8th from web
  4. "curfew" > Fr. "couvre-feu" = "cover the fire". When day is done and the time is nigh to bed down, one is well advised to cover the fire.12:03 PM Mar 18th from web
  5. @Alasdaircelt beautiful haiku!11:59 AM Mar 18th from web in reply to Alasdaircelt
  6. "redneck": not from farmers baking in sun; term coined early 1920's- WV miners wore red bandannas to show pro-union sentiment and solidarity1:28 PM Mar 13th from web
  7. "dandelion" < French "dent de lion" = "lion's tooth"6:52 AM Feb 16th from web
  8. Spanish "el lagarto" = "lizard"... "el lagarto" > "allagarto" > "alligator"4:29 AM Dec 6th, 2008 from web
  9. "mogul" = powerful person; comes directly from "Mongol", "Mongols" -a powerful race of ass-kickers11:08 AM Nov 17th, 2008 from web
  10. A polka dot cannot be a polka dot alone. As soon as it leaves the pack, it downgrades to a plain old dot.7:23 AM Oct 26th, 2008 from web
  11. "keep one's nose to the grindstone"= millers had 2 pay attention w/ their noses 2 small space b/twn 2 grindstones to keep flour from burning5:00 PM Oct 17th, 2008 from web
  12. "Earmark" = money set aside for a purpose < original meaning: a mark on an animal's ear indicating ownership4:52 PM Oct 17th, 2008 from web
  13. "to egg someone on" > OE "to ecg" = roughly "to poke, prod" = as in a nasty Norman soldier poking an Anglo-Saxon slave to move forward12:16 PM Sep 10th, 2008 from web
  14. @donlemoncnn congrats on the new slot! see ya there. :-)9:49 AM Sep 5th, 2008 from web in reply to donlemoncnn
  15. @donlemoncnn i have a hard enough time keeping up w/ my tweets- how do "famous" peeps w/ 1,000+ followers do it? do u have a plan, Don3:14 PM Sep 4th, 2008 from web in reply to donlemoncnn
  16. re: "puerile": from lat. "puer" = boy. So, only males can be puerile. ;-P11:45 AM Sep 4th, 2008 from web
  17. @andreamercado Archiving maybe? It is truly deeply techie.11:35 AM Sep 4th, 2008 from web in reply to andreamercado
  18. @donlemoncnn one good thing about Palin- it has put the whole non-partisan "working mother" issue/debate into the national spotlight11:20 AM Sep 4th, 2008 from web in reply to donlemoncnn
  19. @donlemoncnn palin's biting sarcasm in her speech was puerile & not indicative of a party who wants to able to engage in serious debate11:03 AM Sep 4th, 2008 from web in reply to donlemoncnn
  20. @donlemoncnn i'm so sorry to hear about your mom having a tough time in Baton Rouge. love yer show on CNN, watch you regularly10:57 AM Sep 4th, 2008 from web in reply to donlemoncnn
  • Name Etta_Mologie
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