Beerball Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 quit wasting your time, nothing to see here, move along...
Beerball Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 OH SNAP!!! I cannot be expected to wade through the filth that is TBD to look into every cockamamie thread to find out WTF has and has not been posted. BTW...where did the word cockamamie originate?
AiO Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 I cannot be expected to wade through the filth that is TBD to look into every cockamamie thread to find out WTF has and has not been posted. BTW...where did the word cockamamie originate? Origin: ‡ 1940–45, Americanism; in orig. sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened, appar. alter. of decalcomania; sense “ridiculous” prob. by assoc. with rooster-and-bull story, poppycock, etc.
Beerball Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 Origin: ‡ 1940–45, Americanism; in orig. sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened, appar. alter. of decalcomania; sense “ridiculous” prob. by assoc. with rooster-and-bull story, poppycock, etc. Oh...& here I figured it had something to do with Ike coming home on leave during WWII.
AiO Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Oh...& here I figured it had something to do with Ike coming home on leave during WWII. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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