SC - Cool term!

[lilinah@earthlink.net]

Give this URL a try:

http://home.echo-on.net/~buzzcorr/CODSWALLOP%20-%20LINGO.htm

It cites the Dictionary of British Slang and Colloquial Expression, The New
Shorter OED, OED 2nd Edition, and the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional
English 8th Edition.

The word is definitely not spelled throatwarblermangrove, although there are
three different spellings listed with the one I gave as the primary.  While
the OED is accepted as definitive, it is not complete or they wouldn't still
be editing it.

Bear

> I just looked in the OED in the dining room. It's not in there. So
> perhaps arguing over spelling is futile. You could spell it
> throatwarblermangrove if you like, and it could be from the 
> Swahili. The
> OED don't say.
> 
> 'Lainie