Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Origin of some common words and phrases
thefoxalmighty
follow
10
9-19-2007 8:35 AM
934 views
tags:
language
thefoxalmighty
says:
Good to kno
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Palin’s Alternate Universe
Old Blighty, the birthplace of English
Does Obama Lie?
Digital Art Animations using "Processing"
ALA's Most Frequently Challenged Books of ...
12 Greek Words You Should Know
wow...amazing ... language
More clips from
thefoxalmighty
Proof that intelligent lifeform exists out...
E-Cigarettes - Cant live without Nicotine
Fun with Sticky notes..
Today's Top Clips
Women: Just so darn tempting.
Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report
Bet you didn't hear this on Fox News!
Beauty in Decay
Has Slippery Sarah ever answered a question?
Magical Thinking
Stories They Can't Tell You
Too many calories send the brain off kilter
Army Times: details of martial homeland security plans
AP: Palin attack "exaggerated" or "outright false"
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
September 19, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4ce860b7-4c2c-4b1f-ae6b-398bac231932/B63F9128-0D9F-496B-8ABD-85D20B8E1506/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html" href="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html" style="font-size: 11px;">infosalad.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html"><SPAN>In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html"><SPAN>Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html"><SPAN>In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://infosalad.blogspot.com/2007/09/origin-of-some-common-words-and-phrases.html"><SPAN>It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B63F9128-0D9F-496B-8ABD-85D20B8E1506/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK