Fun with etymology..this is great...!!!

[SoCalDem]

wheeeee.. I love words :)



http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm


and



http://www.takeourword.com/arc_logi.html

[DemoTex]

1. Sorry I hijacked your thread

Entomology was dad's field. I am an amateur etymologist. Got carried away there. Words please, Alex.

[SoCalDem]

2. channeling Allen Ludden..."...and the word is........"

okeydokey..:)

[DemoTex]

3. OK, Mac. Words for $1000!

What does the word Poindexter mean?

[SoCalDem]

4. A hoity toity uptight eggheaded guy???

I did not peek, so that's probably wrong :(

[DemoTex]

5. Poindexter? Sounds sinister to me!

Poindexter has been an American slang term for an egghead or nerd for decades, but how did the name come to be associated with really smart people. The answer is cartoons. The cartoon character Felix the Cat, creation of Otto Messmer, made his screen debut in 1919, making him one of the most venerable animated characters in existence.

In 1958, Felix made his television debut and for the TV series Felix's new animator, Joe Oriolo, introduced a number of new characters and foils for Felix. Among these were Felix's archnemesis The Professor and his brainy nephew, Poindexter. Allegedly, Oriolo named Poindexter after his lawyer. The popularity of the cartoon ensured that the name Poindexter would be forever associated with intelligence.

http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm

[SoCalDem]

6. Hah... I'll take geography for 200,Alex

:)

[DemoTex]

7. OK. What region is a black widow spider most likey to bite a male victim?

Mixing both threads here for a true Jeapordary Challange!

[DemoTex]

10. Black widows go for the warmest place of the body, the crotch.

Geographically, BW spiders bite the balls. Pure, and painfully simply. The first clinical rule for a black widow bite is pain management. Don't Bogart morphine, my friend!

[SoCalDem]

12. way more than I wanted to know

:eyes:

[LEFTofLEFT]

8. No thank you - I don't like bugs.

:)

[DemoTex]

9. But, perhaps, you like words?

See the entomology thread on words. It is a crazy, mixed-up world!

[LEFTofLEFT]

11. i do i do - just joking - and a bad one i guess

i like the origins of phrases also

by hook or crook - sticky wicket

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Entomology should be the study of Ents.

It should be quite long and detailed, too.