Posted on 04/10/2012 5:08:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, April 10, 2012
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
cumshaw [kuhm-shaw]
-n
a present; gratuity; tip.
[1810–20; < dialectal Chinese (Xiamen) kam siā, equivalent to Chinese gân xiè grateful thanks ]
So, anybody commit career suicide while I was gone?
Someone’s got a new hobby at your alma mater.
Not I, but the month is yet young, and I’m seeking ideas. Anyone can screw up to be fired, but you gotta come up with something special (like that steward on JetBlue did a year or so ago).
What percent cumshaw is standard at hotels per your stay?
where were you gone to?
heard about this, one of xshub’s employees has a daughter at Pitt and she sent him this. Apparently there is a $50k reward for info leading to arrest, so Kathy is urging her daughter to find the culprit!
Long holiday weekend.
I just leave behind whatever foreign coins I don’t feel like carrying around.
Did you go off on a bender and party with the Easter Bunny?
Hey, I don’t make these things up! This was yesterday’s word for the day at dictionary.com
and you weren’t attracted by the filthfactor? RME
Cumshaw is erotic art carved onto the bones of sperm whales by seamen.
No, it’s his busy season. I was partying with the groundhog.
It may have played a role.
No, but ancient Chinese proverb say “Magna cumshaw lead to magna rickshaw.”
love your tagline, btw!!
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