Re: hum
helena kim (helena@apollo.netsoc.tcd.ie)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:26:08 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, ABRA wrote:
> Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
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> > > helena...just what the hell is codswallop? matt (stevenson)
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> > You never heard of codswallop? (: I love watching these phrases cross t=
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> > continents.
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> But still no explanation... Come on, you gals, there are several of us=20
> out here who desperately wants to know what it means... *S* It=B4s a grea=
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> word, though, I might ad... Not knowing what it means, means it can mean=
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> anything; "Kids, don=B4t take the bus, the codswallops are coming"...
> (Sort of like that poem-dragon no-one knows what looks like)
erm. right then.=20
codswallop is a term which i personally use to replace expletives when i'm
comdemning someing as 'a load of bollocks'. that's about the only context
in which i'd use it.
generally speaking, it means stories/writing/opinions/conversations that
are silly/ridiculous/obviously not true or of any actual meaning.
someone else will probably define it better.
for what it's worth, there's a tongue-in-cheek, but still quite useful,=20
UK/US dictionary at http://www.wmin.ac.uk/~sfgva/ukus
:helena kim
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