What's in a name? Part Deux

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Post by TANGODANCER » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:55 am

thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
thebish wrote:hmmm....

thebish...

either: a not so subtle reference to the fact that I am the free-church equivalent of a vicar

or: an indication that my ancestry dates back to the ancient city of Thebes - making me Thebish

or: an indication of the fact that I am a total wanker - as in bash-the......

or possibly two out of the three.....
Er, head-office would like a word please Bish. :lol:

8) incidentally Tango - while we're on the subject - your avatar is grasping a rather long pole.....
How very dare you, Lancelot, the vary bastion of righteousness. (He was also a bit of a bxxstxrd) :mrgreen:
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Post by Worthy4England » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:58 am

TANGODANCER wrote:
thebish wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
thebish wrote:hmmm....

thebish...

either: a not so subtle reference to the fact that I am the free-church equivalent of a vicar

or: an indication that my ancestry dates back to the ancient city of Thebes - making me Thebish

or: an indication of the fact that I am a total wanker - as in bash-the......

or possibly two out of the three.....
Er, head-office would like a word please Bish. :lol:

8) incidentally Tango - while we're on the subject - your avatar is grasping a rather long pole.....
How very dare you, Lancelot, the vary bastion of righteousness. (He was also a bit of a bxxstxrd) :mrgreen:
I would have thought it quite difficult for Lancelot to have him self a five-knuckle under all that armour anyhow - unless it was well oiled I suspect it'd squeak like feck.
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Post by White Army » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:24 am

I'm known as Army to the majority of my friends due to my surname being Armstrong, the White bit just fell in sort of naturally like (not in a racist / supremacist way of course). :)
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Post by Puskas » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:43 pm

thebish wrote:hmmm....

thebish...

either: a not so subtle reference to the fact that I am the free-church equivalent of a vicar

or: an indication that my ancestry dates back to the ancient city of Thebes - making me Thebish

or: an indication of the fact that I am a total wanker - as in bash-the......

or possibly two out of the three.....
Were you aware that "bish" is a rather obscure word for error? I wasn't, until doing the Observer's ridiculous Azed crossword, yesterday...
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:48 pm

Puskas wrote:
thebish wrote:hmmm....

thebish...

either: a not so subtle reference to the fact that I am the free-church equivalent of a vicar

or: an indication that my ancestry dates back to the ancient city of Thebes - making me Thebish

or: an indication of the fact that I am a total wanker - as in bash-the......

or possibly two out of the three.....
Were you aware that "bish" is a rather obscure word for error? I wasn't, until doing the Observer's ridiculous Azed crossword, yesterday...
Bosh!
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Post by Puskas » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:21 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:Bosh!
No - it's true!
Clued as (IIRC): A mistake for high-ranking churchman to give up work (4).
Chambers 2003 gives "Bish" as "error". I checked...!
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Post by Little Green Man » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:43 pm

Puskas wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Bosh!
No - it's true!
Clued as (IIRC): A mistake for high-ranking churchman to give up work (4).
Chambers 2003 gives "Bish" as "error". I checked...!
It's a public school type of word, as in 'I've made a frightful bish of things, what?'. I bet it appears in the Jeeves books quite a lot.
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:18 pm

Puskas wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Bosh!
No - it's true!
Clued as (IIRC): A mistake for high-ranking churchman to give up work (4).
Chambers 2003 gives "Bish" as "error". I checked...!
I know it is, Puskas, I just could help myself responding like that! As LGM suggests it owes its origins to the private school system. The OED states:
[Etym. unknown.]

A mistake, blunder.
1937 PARTRIDGE Dict. Slang 55/2 Bish,..a mistake: Seaford Preparatory School: from ca. 1925.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:48 pm

Little Green Man wrote:
Puskas wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Bosh!
No - it's true!
Clued as (IIRC): A mistake for high-ranking churchman to give up work (4).
Chambers 2003 gives "Bish" as "error". I checked...!
It's a public school type of word, as in 'I've made a frightful bish of things, what?'. I bet it appears in the Jeeves books quite a lot.
Very Royal Air Force what? :mrgreen:
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Post by Zulus Thousand of em » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:50 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Little Green Man wrote:
Puskas wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:Bosh!
No - it's true!
Clued as (IIRC): A mistake for high-ranking churchman to give up work (4).
Chambers 2003 gives "Bish" as "error". I checked...!
It's a public school type of word, as in 'I've made a frightful bish of things, what?'. I bet it appears in the Jeeves books quite a lot.
Very Royal Air Force what? :mrgreen:
Probably where most pupils of "Seaford Preparatory School: from ca. 1925" were destined for, poor buggers. :)
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Post by wovlad » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:35 pm

Wovlad : Its my nickname has been since schooldays, even as I approach my 40th birthday like a f***** juggernaut people still use it
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:40 pm

Little Green Man wrote:It's a public school type of word, as in 'I've made a frightful bish of things, what?'.
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Post by Little Green Man » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:48 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Little Green Man wrote:It's a public school type of word, as in 'I've made a frightful bish of things, what?'.
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"Feck orf, Mr Chips".
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:23 pm

Looked around the site, chuckled at "Barry Siddall's sideburns", considered similar constructions, passed a mirror, noticed ridiculous bouffant haircut, a handle was born.
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:47 pm

Erm.... :oops:
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:56 pm

Go on - I for one have often wondered...
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