Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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A pedant writesOho - there is some disagreement over the origins of the word 'dude'. Some say it was originally coined by Oscar Wilde, who combined the words 'duds' [fancy clothing]and 'attitude'. Others argue that it just comes from 'duds'. But then there are people who claim US cowboys in the good ol' Wild West used the term to describe both horse kak and city dwelling folk. But I've never heard it in relation to camels. Not that I'd have reason to.
And Arsenal was orginally named after a place in London - Woolwich Arsenal, where guns n stuff used to be made. They moved to their north London home around 1912-13.
Still can't lick my elbow, though.
Edit: Oh, and 'posh' probably doesn't mean 'port out starboard home' as that story emerged in the 1930s, by which time 'posh' had already been in use for 20 years.
(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 16:36, Reply)
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