AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Comedher

(Also: comether, come hether)

'Comedher' is an invitation to a romantic response (it's formed from the English phrase 'come hither'). 'To put the comether on', is 'to coax', 'captivate', or to 'win over'.

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Is truth the most dangerous fantasy ever invented? I find myself on Manuel Delaflor’s side of the argument.
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I've long been suspicious of claims of agency – and of psychology more generally. And I'm still unsurprised at how many misunderstand the notion of evolution and the problem of natural selection, not as a process but as a phrase.

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Not being a biologist, I decided to look at this through the lens of language.

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HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HANK. He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Elvish, Klingon and Pig Latin: what can invented languages teach us about the human brain?

From pidgins to Tolkien and Esperanto, humans have created entirely new languages for many different reasons.

By Inka Romero-Ortells Labrada, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia and Manuel Perea

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The first stanza of Tolkien's Quenya poem "Namárië", written in his Tengwar script. This shows the first stanza of "Namárië" written in Tengwar, the elvish script created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Middle-earth languages .

Such a wonderful video about English spelling and pronunciation.
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BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BEARD SPLITTER. A man much given to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMB WATCH. A venereal bubo in the groin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

CHAPERON. The cicisbeo, or gentleman usher to a lady; from the French.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BURN THE KEN. Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO CROW. To brag, boast, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in subjection: an image drawn from a cock, who crows over a vanquished enemy. To strut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of consequence. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

This has been bugging me for a while, because Dad used to say dinner, and I was confused when he meant lunch, and he'd say supper for dinner. Max Miller just brought it up talking about K-Rations so let's resolve this. Please comment on any regional or cultural/etymological details you know of pls! It may just come down to the fact there used to be four meals for farm workers causing all this confusion... breakfast, lunch, dinner, and finally supper. (?) #Culture #Etymology #Language

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Cogar

(Also: 'cogher' and 'cugger')

'Cogar' is the Irish word for 'whisper', 'conspire', it's used in Hiberno-English to request attention to a story or a question, as in 'Listen!' or 'Come here!' Example: "What are you two cuggerin' about?"

It comes rom Old Irish 'cocur' (“consultation, secret discussion, whisper”), from Proto-Celtic '*konkoros', from '*kom- + *koros' (“advice, counsel, discretion”).

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GOBBLER. A turkey cock.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOBBLER. A turkey cock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

GAMON AND PATTER. Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GAMON AND PATTER. Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Cog

'Cog' means 'crib', 'to cheat', 'to copy notes or homework from another'. "He was caught coggin' and got nought in his exam." It's etymology is uncertain, but both verb and noun appear first in 1532.

There's also an archaic use of the word 'cog' that means 'to wage war', it's back-formation from 'cogadh' (“war”). "Ní buan cogadh na gcarad" (proverb) - "A quarrel between friends is soon healed".

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HERE AND THEREIAN. One who has no settled place of residence.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HERE AND THEREIAN. One who has no settled place of residence. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

HUMP. To hump; once a fashionable word for copulation.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HUMP. To hump; once a fashionable word for copulation. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

TO HUFF. To reprove, or scold at any one; also to bluster, bounce, ding, or swagger. A captain huff; a noted bully. To stand the huff; to be answerable for the reckoning in a public house.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO HUFF. To reprove, or scold at any one; also to bluster, bounce, ding, or swagger. A captain huff; a noted bully. To stand the huff; to be answerable for the reckoning in a public house. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

MAGGOTTY. Whimsical, capricious.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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ICYMI

Did you happen to catch my last lesson on Hebrew Colors?

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Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Codger

The word is possibly derived from "cadger" (“hawker”, "beggar"). In Ireland "codger" can refer to either an old man or a young child. Examples: "He's a mean old codger"; "Come on, my little codger" (said affectionately to a little child).

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HORN COLIC. A temporary priapism.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HORN COLIC. A temporary priapism. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

How a change in demographic is seeing a decline of the Welsh language

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VALENTINE. The first woman seen by a man, or man seen by a woman, on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, when it is said every bird chuses his mate for the ensuing year.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): VALENTINE. The first woman seen by a man, or man seen by a woman, on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, when it is said every bird chuses his mate for the ensuing year. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Cod

"Cod" is both a verb and noun meaning: "to deceive, to joke, a fraud". In use: "You can't cod me. / I was only codding." (You can't fool me. / I was only joking.)

The OED and Green’s Dictionary of Slang both note its first appearance in the New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew (c.1698).

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In the 18–19C it appears repeatedly in collections of British slang. It may come from English dialect, but its ultimate origin is unknown. Loreto Todd, in Green English, suggests a possible Irish etymon in "cadach", defined by Dineen as ‘humbug’.

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Cod in the sense ‘joke, hoax, leg-pull’ is attested from the early 20th century, such as in Joyce’s Portrait: ‘Some fellows had drawn it there for a cod.’ It can also function as an adjective: Bernard Share’s Slanguage quotes a politician on Irish TV news saying: ‘that’s a cod argument: everyone knew what they were voting for’.

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Codology

This is the practice of codding. Here explained by H V Morton in 1930 in this way: “There is in Ireland a science unknown to us in England called codology. Nearly every true Irishman is either a graduate or a professor. The American for codology is ‘bunk’, or perhaps ‘bla’; the English is ‘leg-pulling’. There is nothing your true Irishman likes better than putting over a tall story on an Englishman.”

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CURE ARSE. A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CURE ARSE. A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

BLIND HARPERS. Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLIND HARPERS. Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Cnáimhseáil

(Also: knauvshawl, knawvshawl)

The word means muttering complaints, whingeing, sullen grumbling, finding fault, or (another very Irish idiom) giving out: "Finish your plate now and don’t mind your cnáimhseáiling."

The Anglicised spelling "knawvshawling" is a loose phonetic approximation, as are "knauvshauling" and "cnawvshawling".

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DUMMEE. A pocket book. A dummee hunter. A pick-pocket, who lurks about to steal pocket books out of gentlemen's pockets. Frisk the dummee of the screens; take all the bank notes out of the pocket book.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMMEE. A pocket book. A dummee hunter. A pick-pocket, who lurks about to steal pocket books out of gentlemen's pockets. Frisk the dummee of the screens; take all the bank notes out of the pocket book. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): POT-WABBLERS. Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pots therein. These boroughs are called pot-wabbling boroughs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)