I’ve always been absolutely fascinated by etymology and scholarly disputes surrounding the origin of every day words.
…..What’s that did you say? You are to?
Well by Jove, let us share our most interesting etymological, fun facts together here good folks  .
I’ll start you all off with the following:
There is some incongruity as regards the term Quid (denoting a pound obviously).
According to some, it is of Latin origin from ‘quid pro quo’, which translates as ‘something for something.’
However, an even simpler basis may be that the name is actually derived from the village of Quidhampton in Wiltshire, which was once the home to a Royal Mint paper mill. Any paper money made in this mill might have thus been called ‘a quid’.
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The amount of Naval slang and terminology that has made its way in to the vernacular always amazes me
Under the weather, chock-a-block, shake a leg, cut and run, clean bill of health, give a wide berth, bit of a long shot, son of a gun, first rate, fits the bill, with flying colours, square meal, taken aback, toe the line, showing their true colours…
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Pull thr other one,
derived from family members hanging onto the legs of their loved ones that were being hung, before the act of hanging became scientific based on weight etc, moving from strangulation to snapping of the neck
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"The amount of Naval slang and terminology that has made its way in to the vernacular always amazes me
Under the weather, chock-a-block, shake a leg, cut and run, clean bill of health, give a wide berth, bit of a long shot, son of a gun, first rate, fits the bill, with flying colours, square meal, taken aback, toe the line, showing their true colours…
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"The amount of Naval slang and terminology that has made its way in to the vernacular always amazes me
Under the weather, chock-a-block, shake a leg, cut and run, clean bill of health, give a wide berth, bit of a long shot, son of a gun, first rate, fits the bill, with flying colours, square meal, taken aback, toe the line, showing their true colours…
Brass Monkey"
CANOE, the Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything is working hard in this case “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey” is nothing to do with any Naval term, current or historical. |
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By *ndycoinsMan 51 weeks ago
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"The amount of Naval slang and terminology that has made its way in to the vernacular always amazes me
Under the weather, chock-a-block, shake a leg, cut and run, clean bill of health, give a wide berth, bit of a long shot, son of a gun, first rate, fits the bill, with flying colours, square meal, taken aback, toe the line, showing their true colours…
Brass Monkey
CANOE, the Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything is working hard in this case “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey” is nothing to do with any Naval term, current or historical. "
in all of the ships manifests,stores,re fit records,scrap registers,crew reports/records(all in thr naval archives) there is no mention of brass monkeys.The idea of having cannon balls stored in such a way that they could come loose and roll around on deck is ridiculous. |
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Getting the wrong end of the stick.
The groom of the stool would accompany the monarch while they went to the toilet. Once finished they'd clean them up with sponges or cloths on a stick. If an unfortunate servant wasn't paying attention they might grab the 'wrong' end of the stick |
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