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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com