Aheh Good ol'fashioned Nepotism ....warms my heart that does. I have been using/hearing that phrase all my life and only discovered what it meant about 8 months ago heh.
Ha...what a great page...I had always assumed "lame duck" to be an American expression. Just goes to show y'never can tell. My favourite though is tenterhooks. Dont need to know what it means...to know what it means.
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Dear Word Detective: I am trying to find the origin of the phrase "Something is screwy (smelly, goofy, etc...) in Denmark." The origin of this phrase seems obvious -- something screwy happened in Denmark, and someone said, "Hey, this is something screwy in Denmark", but surely something screwy has happened in other countries as well. Why did Denmark stick? Is this a regional phrase? My mother in Minnesota wanted me to find out. Any thoughts? -- Marty Langenfeld, Billings, MT
Something goofy in Denmark, eh? Say, do you hear that loud whirring noise? It's nothing to worry about. Just William Shakespeare spinning in his grave again, but I'm sure he's used to it by now.
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That had me laughing