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Well, my Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, American Edition says [20th c., orig. unkn.]. I have no insight to offer. Sorry. Adam --- Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@hidden.email> wrote: > At 20:42 3.12.2003, Costentin Cornomorus wrote: > > >malarkacious > > What's _malark-_? A new family of words for me! > > Wait, the dictionary says _skitsnack_, lit. > 'sh*t talk' i.e. 'bullsh*t'. > > But what's the etymology? > > > > /BP 8^) > -- > B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@hidden.email (delete > X) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ > A h-ammen ledin i phith! > \ \ > __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ > / / > \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ > / / > / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / > / / > / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // > /__/ / > /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / > \___/\_\\___/\_\ > Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol > naun > > ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ > || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! > || > "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR > Tolkien) > > > ===== Fached il prori ul pa�eveju mutu chu djul atexindu. -- Carrajena proverb