Etymology

[Spicy Jack]

holiday

Old English: haligdæg, from halig "holy" + dæg "day"

^^^I'm offended!!!!! I say we ban it!!!!!!

[Willow Sylph]

Yeppers. In my parents religion, all their "holidays" are called Holy Days instead.

[Spicy Jack]

Originally Posted by Willow Sylph

Yeppers. In my parents religion, all their "holidays" are called Holy Days instead.

what about Abraham Lincoln Day?

I *heart* the Abe.

[Willow Sylph]

Originally Posted by Spicy Jack

what about Abraham Lincoln Day?

I *heart* the Abe.

Not even acknolwedged.

And, yes, the Abe was hot. Especially with his wooden false teeth...

[Spicy Jack]

Originally Posted by Willow Sylph

Not even acknolwedged.

And, yes, the Abe was hot. Especially with his wooden false teeth...

i thought that was washington.

i want false teeth.

*waves to mi amo pants-o-smart*

[Willow Sylph]

Originally Posted by Spicy Jack

i thought that was washington.

i want false teeth.

*waves to mi amo pants-o-smart*

First let me just say: "acknolwedged" <--- I'm so cool.

Was it Washington? Well sheez, I can't even spell, Spicy! How do you expect me to keep those old dead presidents straight?!

[Smartypants]

Originally Posted by Spicy Jack

*waves to mi amo pants-o-smart*

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[Magpie]

butt'

Middle English, from Old French boter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German b*zan to beat more at BEAT

weasel'

Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula weasel

[Large Marge]

Hosea

masc. proper name, from Heb. Hoshea, lit. "salvation," from stem y-sh- "to save."

Frank

c.1300, from O.Fr. franc "free, sincere, genuine," from M.L. Franc "a freeman, a Frank," one of the Gmc. people that conquered Celtic Gaul from the Romans c.500 C.E. and called it France, from Frankish *Frank (cf. O.H.G. Franko, O.E. Franca). The connection is that only Franks, as the conquering class, had the status of freemen. Sense of "outspoken" first recorded in Eng. 1548 (frankly in this sense is from c.1540). The origin of the ethnic name is uncertain; it traditionally is said to be from the old Gmc. word *frankon "javelin, lance" (cf. O.E. franca; also Saxon, traditionally from root of O.E. seax "knife"), their preferred weapon, but the opposite may be the case. In the Levant, this was the name given to anyone of Western nationality (cf. Feringhee). Verbal sense of "to free a letter for carriage or an article for publication" (1708) is from Fr. affranchir, from the same source.[b]

[Smartypants]

Originally Posted by Spicy Jack

holiday

Old English: haligdæg, from halig "holy" + dæg "day"

^^^I'm offended!!!!! I say we ban it!!!!!!

I am not touching this one!

-- Modelofselfrestraintypants

[Willow Sylph]

Originally Posted by Smartypants

I am not touching this one!

-- Modelofselfrestraintypants

Oh come on, Smarty! Don't hold back now!