Take My Word for It by Anatoly Liberman
Author:Anatoly Liberman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LAN024000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology, LAN009010 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00+00:00
J7. Jibber the kibber, to
MM 2, 1912: 29 (5), 92 (5).
âTo lure a vessel to destruction by giving a false signal from the shoreâ. The signal, according to folklore, was tied to a horse. Jibber is indeed slang for âhorseâ, but nothing else is known about the origin of the saying. Green cites a few dubious etymological suggestions in which he himself has no trust. *
J8. Jim Crow
GM 1875, 771.
âA stereotype black man in a 19th-century song-and-dance actâ (dated and now offensive). The story deals with the later history of this figure. OED: 1832.
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