What Does It Mean?

I've asked this numerous times and no one has ever enlightened me as to where did such question originate: Are you off your rocker?

What's a panda spanker and do they like it? Over here we say "jemmy". This is a pure guess, but I should think that it has something to do with an English king called James. James no doubt "forced" something. Either that or someone called Jem or Jim was a burglar and devised the thing. There are many words that I wonder about. "Gordon Bennett" (an exclamation), Trencherman (A trencher was a bread plate that people ate their food off). Presumably a trencherman either ate all his food, or ate the plate as well!

i agree that english is the most confusing language,my kid daughter recently asked me,plural of mouse is mice,why then is the plural of house is not hice??i was stumped for an answer.

I think ya got worms from all that canned milk yer suckin' down! not to worry!! I can help!! ok... I can't! but it sounded nice!!!

Don't you love how people come along and comment on old, defunct discussions? It's you... No, it's not really you but I can't think of one right now. But every so often I go to spell a word and it just doesn't look right even though it is.

Hey bo! Nope! You are so not alone! Sometimes I think that I am going crazy when I stop to think about stuff like that and I'm all alone and my mind starts to wander and my brain fills up with all sorts of weird questions that I don't know where to get answers from! It is true that there are so many words that we use that if we actually take the time to stop and think about them, then they do not make any sense at all and we can wonder forever where did they come from! My mother makes up her own words! Maybe she has the right idea! At least she knows where they came from and what they mean! She made is the one that made them up at least?!

You will find me comfortably by you Bo.....English is most weird language and with changing phrases and new coining and addons make it so confusing....

Hello Bo'...actually you got me thinking about this subject now...it is strange how some of these phrases came about...you can buy books about that but it would be interesting to see what mylotters have to say about it...hugs littleowl

hi bohemianheart my dad had one he always used when he was upset about something. oh for the love of Pete, now who the 'heck was Pete and whats with the love of, a nd my hubby and his saying, as sure as God made little green apples, we should not do such and such, what does that have to do with doing or not doing something? Thats the way the ball rolls, or as sure as a cookie crumbles, what has that to do with how things are? Or my mom yelling quit fiddle faddleing around and just do it? She meant quit stalling and do what I asked, so why not just say that? Or she has a screw loose, why not just say she is not all there mentally? Or he only has one oar in the water. give me a break.again my hubby talking about being depressed,I am having a black friday. why Friday,,is that worse for being depressed on than say Mon or tues or wed? or he tossed his cookies, meaning he vomited? what has that to do with throwing cookies?

Oh yeah. Like your picture. Is it an eggplant? If yes, why is it called an eggplant? Do you plant egg? Are hotdogs really made from hot, steamy dogs? When you cook scrammbled egg...it says beat eggs. Do you punch or kick eggs?

English is a strange language. Every now and the new words are being added to Webster's to stay in tuned to the life today. People are making up new words left and right.