Spegunking!
Camille Scaysbrook (c_scaysbrook@yahoo.com)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:36:01 +1000
John Smith wrote:
> The origin of 'spegunking' is lost in the relics of
> our lexicon landfill, but it's fairly popular across
> Canada. It means, 'to picketh one's nose.' I've yet
> to see it in print, but it's such a nice word that the
> art and sport of spegunking is likely to rise. On a
> related note, spegunking related deaths usually happen
> within five miles of the home. Don't spegunk and
> drive.
Oh, that's beatiful (: (I also love a Thunder of Chunder!) May I offer my
humble opinion and suggest it may be a conflation of the words `gunk' and
`spelunk' ? This etymological forum is great, keep 'em coming! I once made
a list for my American second cousins to describe exactly what a Bubbler
and a Dunny are, I may just have to publish it here.
P.S. A bubbler is a drinking fountain, a dunny is a toilet. Slang tends to
hang around the scatalogical end of the spectrum, doesn't it? I guess it's
an area that tends to attract euphemisms.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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