michael quinion donotuseworldwidewordsorg world wide words issue 301 saturday 3 august 2002 sent saturday 15000 subscribers least 119 countries editor michael quinion thornbury bristol uk issn 14701448 respond mailing remember change outgoing address one contact addresses section contents 1 feedback notes comments 2 turns phrase thinspiration 3 weird words usufructuary 4 qa three sheets wind mogadored skunk works 5 endnote 6 subscription commands 7 contact addresses 1 feedback notes comments cockles ones heart may recall bit suspicious story told last weeks issue james woodfield pointed another possible explanation medieval latin ventricles heart times called cochleae cordis second word derived cor heart unversed latin could misinterpreted cochleae cockles oddly cochlea latin means snail shape ventricles also name spiral cavity inner ear story right really speaking warming snails ones heart serrancified many supplied memories odd expression tried make sense last week taken together show expression best known canada originally something like sufficiency suffonsified anything additional would superfluous form word one common online searches canadian focus also obvious cheryl caesar noted appears passage margaret atwoods novel cats eye two teenage girls living toronto 1940s say sufficiently sophonisified vancouver restaurant reviewer pen name sufficiently suffonsified oddly theres also 1999 record austrian band cunning dorx entitled paradigms suffonsified g h gordon paterson suggested word might punning blend sufficient fancified tantalising suggestions may actually scots new world absquatulate gently remonstrated describing sockdologer one products early american linguistic inventiveness hasnt survived present day many people gave examples current recent use stand corrected 2 turns phrase thinspiration one key words associated deeply disquieting online trend past couple years number web sites chatrooms appeared actively promote anorexia nervosa known sites ana eating disorders lifestyle choices since 90 anorexics young women proana sites usually run attract group one term sometimes used weborexics sites offer suggestions become remain thin often tips avoiding eating disguise condition family friends themes sometimes featured sites selfmutilation cutting bulimia mia thin women supermodels calista flockhart presented thinspirations examples emulate sites names starving perfection wasting away web dying thin medical professionals us uk deeply concerned accentuate low selfregard young women particularly prone eating disorders put lives risk discourage facing illness seeking treatment internet home number proeating disorder web sites places sufferers discuss tips trade lowcalorie recipes exchange poems art may used triggers socalled thinspiration calgary sun feb 2002 new trend among young adults sweeping nation pro anorexia web sites also known proana sites glorify anorexia nervosa offer thinspiration maintaining starvation lifestyle university wire apr 2002 3 weird words usufructuary juzjufrvktjuri person use enjoyment something especially property short words contain four us among even relatively common leaving aside hawaiian muumuu tumultuously unscrupulous although rare words like pustulocrustaceous pseudotuberculous also recorded term comes roman law usufruct right temporary possession enjoyment something belongs somebody else far done without causing damage changing substance example slave classical rome could anything things acquired result labour merely held usus et fructus use enjoyment master actually owned term remains use modern us legal practice elsewhere days usufructuary trustee enjoys income property holds trust somebody else many native american groups hold land usufruct basis rights enjoy renewable natural resources land hunting fishing 4 qa q term three sheets wind denote drunkenness benjamin weatherston sailors expression ignorant landlubbers might think sheet sail traditional sailingship days sheet actually rope particularly one attached bottom corner sail comes old english term corner sail sheets vital since trimmed sail wind ran loose sail would flutter wind ship would wallow course control extend idea sailors shore leave staggering back ship good night town well tanked irregular uncertain locomotion jolly seafarers must reminded onlookers way ship moved sheets loose perhaps one loose sheet might enough get image across saying became three sheets wind first written example comes recorder low life pierce egan real life london 1821 must surely much older q east end motherinlaw used say well truly mogadored puzzled something idea derivation meaning bryan thats bit british slang havent heard years though still around nanny ogg uses one terry pratchetts discworld fantasy stories told say means somebody puzzled confused sea also sometimes spelled moggadored though doesnt turn print much either spelling relation british word moggy cat way seems pet form margaret writers slang dictionaries decidedly mogadored origin looks much like rhyming slang floored likewise slang meaning dumbfounded confused dispute arises root say irish magagh mock jeer laugh via unrecorded intermediate form mogadi others suggest like east end slang terms derives gypsy language romany cockney slang like london melting pot words many sources amalgamated including yiddish oldtime forces slang derived languages around world case source may mokardi mokodo something tainted romany words also provide root yet another slang phrase put mockers something jinx sorry able definite q interesting discussion american professor business studies also consults industry recalling unbudgeted initiative within major software corporate uk managing director described skunk project seen epithet usually phrase skunk works meaning semiofficial project team tacitly licensed bend rules think outside box wonder derivation dont think refer smelly wild animal neither think refer street term strong variant marijuana shed light martin hayman must start dogpatch fictional place backwoods upper new york state made famous 1934 1977 home professional mattress tester lil abner comic strip written drawn al capp original actually skonk works place lonesome polecat hairless joe brewed highly illicit bootleg kickapoo joy juice ingredients old shoes dead skunks skonk dialect variant skunk must move real burbank california 1943 small group aeronautical engineers working lockheed aircraft corporation headed clarence kelly johnson given rush job creating entirely new plane scratch p80 shooting star jet fighter 143 days 37 days ahead schedule secret project housed temporary structure roofed old circus tent thrown next smelly plastics factory story goes one engineers answered phone hot summer day phrase skonk works name stuck also said al capp objected use term changed skunk works one division company formally lockheed martin advanced development program still known skunk works term trademarked lockheed martin aggressive protecting generic term dates 1960s one definition much original one describe small group experts drop mainstream companys operations order develop experimental technology new application secrecy speed unhampered bureaucracy strict application regulations kelly johnson formulated 14 visionary rules running operation still regarded valid even also sometimes used similar group operates semiillicitly without toplevel official knowledge support though usually tacit approval immediate management 5 endnote principal design grammar language teach us express propriety language enable us judge every phrase form construction whether right robert lowth short introduction english grammar 1762 6 subscription commands leave list change subscription address subscribe please visit send message address want subscribed leave send signoff worldwidewords join send subscribe worldwidewords firstname lastname 7 contact addresses use address comes hit reply mailing message sent electronic 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