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LoneStarMadam wrote:

From JSTOR, lost art of profanity.

Rather than provide a link to an accessible source that could verify your definition, you provide a non-link to an inaccessible source that may or may not verify your definition. Thanks, but, on second thought, no thanks.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Wally draggle Jerk, snake, schizophrenic, panty-waist, communist.

It's hard to imagine any single word or phrase encompassing all of those attributes in one definition. Jerks, after all, are not confined to a single political ideology, and thus to define "wally draggle" as a "jerk" and a "communist" would seem to be both under-inclusive and over-inclusive. Needless to say, the situation gets no better by adding "snake," "schizophrenic," and "panty-waist" as defining attributes of your typical wally draggle.

What you're ultimately left with is a sort of humpty-dumpty type of definition, where "wally draggle" means whatever you want it to mean -- nothing more and nothing less. You'll permit me the same liberty, then, to come up with my own definition of the term. I'm sure a wally draggle like yourself will be able to figure it out.

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Main Entry: wal·ly·drai·gle
Pronunciation: 'wA-lE-"drA-g&l, 'wä-lE-
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from Scots wally (alteration of wallaway, exclamation of woe) + dragle draggle
chiefly Scottish : a feeble, imperfectly developed, or slovenly creature

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Oh, she meant a "wallydraigle!" Well, why didn't she say so in the first place. A "wally draggle" is just a nonsense phrase, whereas everyone knows what a "wallydraigle" is:

Usually a word referring to the youngest bird in a nest, wallydraigle is also used to refer to a weak, sickly child or animal. [b]It is also used to mean a worthless woman or a sloven[/b].How fitting, then, that LSM should choose to use that term.

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joefromchicago wrote:

LoneStarMadam wrote:
From JSTOR, lost art of profanity.

Rather than provide a link to an accessible source that could verify your definition, you provide a non-link to an inaccessible source that may or may not verify your definition. Thanks, but, on second thought, no thanks.

LoneStarMadam wrote:
Wally draggle Jerk, snake, schizophrenic, panty-waist, communist.

It's hard to imagine any single word or phrase encompassing all of those attributes in one definition. Jerks, after all, are not confined to a single political ideology, and thus to define "wally draggle" as a "jerk" and a "communist" would seem to be both under-inclusive and over-inclusive. Needless to say, the situation gets no better by adding "snake," "schizophrenic," and "panty-waist" as defining attributes of your typical wally draggle.

What you're ultimately left with is a sort of humpty-dumpty type of definition, where "wally draggle" means whatever you want it to mean -- nothing more and nothing less. You'll permit me the same liberty, then, to come up with my own definition of the term. I'm sure a wally draggle like yourself will be able to figure it out.

Tough isn't it, not knowing what a phradse means & then blame another poster for your ignorance. It's important that I know what it means, & if you really want to be educated on the phrase, then it's important that you find out.
I lived in England for 10+ years, it's a term some Brits use to describe stupid people.

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joefromchicago wrote:

Oh, she meant a "wallydraigle!" Well, why didn't she say so in the first place. A "wally draggle" is just a nonsense phrase, whereas everyone knows what a "wallydraigle" is:
Usually a word referring to the youngest bird in a nest, wallydraigle is also used to refer to a weak, sickly child or animal. [b]It is also used to mean a worthless woman or a sloven[/b].
How fitting, then, that LSM should choose to use that term.

"You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time"
Abraham Lincoln.
You had no clue.

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LoneStarMadam wrote:

"You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time"
Abraham Lincoln.

And you, madame, fool no one.

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timberlandko wrote:

LoneStarMadam wrote:
"You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time"
Abraham Lincoln.

And you, madame, fool no one.

Amen.

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LoneStarMadam wrote:

Tough isn't it, not knowing what a phradse means & then blame another poster for your ignorance.

Well, at least I can take comfort in the fact that I know the difference between a platypus and a platterpuss.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

It's important that I know what it means, & if you really want to be educated on the phrase, then it's important that you find out.

Given the definitions that I and dyslexia found, it is quite apparent that you don't know what "wallydraigle" means. As for "wally draggle," since the phrase evidently has no definition, I suppose yours is as good as anyone else's.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

I lived in England for 10+ years, it's a term some Brits use to describe stupid people.

As well as jerks, snakes, schizophrenics, panty-waists, and communists, no doubt.

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The Brits are coming!

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joefromchicago wrote:

Oh, she meant a "wallydraigle!" Well, why didn't she say so in the first place. A "wally draggle" is just a nonsense phrase, whereas everyone knows what a "wallydraigle" is:
Usually a word referring to the youngest bird in a nest, wallydraigle is also used to refer to a weak, sickly child or animal. [b]It is also used to mean a worthless woman or a sloven[/b].
How fitting, then, that LSM should choose to use that term.

Joe, meet madam, Madam meet Joe, this could be the beginning of beautiful, albeit brief, friendship.

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joefromchicago wrote:

LoneStarMadam wrote:
Tough isn't it, not knowing what a phradse means & then blame another poster for your ignorance.

Well, at least I can take comfort in the fact that I know the difference between a platypus and a platterpuss.

LoneStarMadam wrote:
It's important that I know what it means, & if you really want to be educated on the phrase, then it's important that you find out.

Given the definitions that I and dyslexia found, it is quite apparent that you don't know what "wallydraigle" means. As for "wally draggle," since the phrase evidently has no definition, I suppose yours is as good as anyone else's.

LoneStarMadam wrote:
I lived in England for 10+ years, it's a term some Brits use to describe stupid people.

As well as jerks, snakes, schizophrenics, panty-waists, and communists, no doubt.

Do they have a single word for drunken, old, toothless hags in Great Britain? Smile

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JPB wrote:

The Brits are coming!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/lordellpus/hghwymn.jpg

<loud chorus of HOORAH! from stage left>

I don't know lonestarmadam from Adam (a rhyming pun, no less, considering the photo), but I will stand firm, and may I say, even slightly flaccid, behind any A2K member who is in the right!

<another loud chorus of HOORAH! >

In this case, however, as lonestarmadam is only half right, I am typing this whilst standing on one leg!

< a halfhearted mumble of hoorah!, which sort of fizzles out at the end>

I've lived in and around London, the UK leader in silly nicknames and rhyming slang insults, all my life, and can honestly say that I've never heard anyone use the term "Wally Draggle".

HOWEVER.....the term "Wally" IS in common usage and has been for donkey's years.

To call someone a Wally, is to infer that they are either an idiot, or stupid, a social embarrassment, lacking in common sense and many other things relating to their general behavioural stupidity.

I have no idea where the term originated, but can find no trace of "Draggle" on any website apertaining to English slang, rhyming or otherwise.

Just to save any heated discussions in the future, here are some more English slang terms to describe an idiot..........

Plonker
Dipstick
Twonk
F*ckwit
Pillock and Wassock (pronounced wozzock, in my locale)

<Ellpus jumps on virtual steed, which bounds stage right - out of thread, snaring tricorn hat on adjoining advertisements>

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JPB wrote:

blatham wrote:
Quote:
I'm in love! That is truly a deliciously funny and witty post.

I've been in love with this wit for a long while. An enduring source of pleasure.

ditto

Count me in that group as well! Mark it down, Joe. I'm buying you another beer!

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Lord Ellpus wrote:

Just to save any heated discussions in the future, here are some more English slang terms to describe an idiot..........

Plonker
Dipstick
Twonk
F*ckwit
Pillock and Wassock (pronounced wozzock, in my locale)

<Ellpus jumps on virtual steed, which bounds stage right - out of thread, snaring tricorn hat on adjoining advertisements>

Oh great, just what we need, an approved list of British insults. :wink:

Thanks for stopping by, LE.

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Roxxxanne wrote:

Do they have a single word for drunken, old, toothless hags in Great Britain?

Wally draggles?

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Praise for Pelosi (no kidding)

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Discard the favor system? Not yet. New House Intelligence Committee Chair Short on Intelligence

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236199,00.html Shocked

No way that happened, is there? (shakes head in disgust)
What's wrong with Jane Harman anyway? Does anyone know?

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OCCOM BILL wrote:

Discard the favor system? Not yet. New House Intelligence Committee Chair Short on Intelligence

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236199,00.html No way that happened, is there? (shakes head in disgust)
What's wrong with Jane Harman anyway? Does anyone know?

Harman is a big Iraq war and warrantless wiretapping supporter. So she's out, because the vast majority of Democrats are not.

Cycloptichorn

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"Harman is a big Iraq war and warrantless wiretapping supporter." I guess that's why only the Bushie's are kicking Pelosi over this.

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Thanks Cyc.

blueflame1 wrote:

"Harman is a big Iraq war and warrantless wiretapping supporter." I guess that's why only the Bushie's are kicking Pelosi over this.

Why would "only Bushie's" be upset about her picking an incompetent? I don't think a rudimentary clue about who our enemies are is too much to ask do you?

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