Does it have anything to do with the word "queef"? As in, looking for a word that sounds like it, they came across quaff? The whole arse-ass shift.
To Be or Not To Be....Archaic
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Does it have anything to do with the word "queef"? As in, looking for a word that sounds like it, they came across quaff? The whole arse-ass shift.
Another: andy
Means: jealous
Rhymes with: randy, handy, candy, bandy, sandy, brandy, Mandy, TANDY and so forth.
Means: jealous
Rhymes with: randy, handy, candy, bandy, sandy, brandy, Mandy, TANDY and so forth.
No; not etymologically related. Queef is first attested in late 1600s, and is generally thought to be onomatopoeic. Quaff may be onomatopoeic, but I'm one who suspects it's derived from Irish / Scots Gaelic cauch or "cup." In Scots Gaelic that becomes quaich/queff in the sixteenth century, where it and quaff are both used by Scottish poets in Scots like Henryson and Dubar.
I like the word Eheu. It's an latin-derived, onomatopoeic noun that means a cry of despair.
Throwing anachronisms into any writing in order to prove you have the ability is terribly pretentious. If the reason you write is to demonstrate your intelligence to the world, cut it out, doofus. That's what being awesome at scrabble is for.
A side point made back on the first page of this thread got me thinking - and yes, apart from the doctors, the most intelligent people I know are all either unemployed or less-than-gainfully self-employed.
Eheu!
Throwing anachronisms into any writing in order to prove you have the ability is terribly pretentious. If the reason you write is to demonstrate your intelligence to the world, cut it out, doofus. That's what being awesome at scrabble is for.
A side point made back on the first page of this thread got me thinking - and yes, apart from the doctors, the most intelligent people I know are all either unemployed or less-than-gainfully self-employed.
Eheu!