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Online dictionary of slang
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kaz76
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Hi Alien boy
It isn�t from any particular area - it is a UK wide word in normal everyday use |
10 Jan 2009
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alien boy
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Thanks kaz!
I just checked the Concise Oxford & it has it under �Chrimbo� & �crimbo� as a variant. I hadn�t realised John Lennon had popularised it somewhat in 1963. I�ve found a couple of different etymologies - the first being that it originated in the 1920�s in England & the second tracing it to Boston & Chicago in the late �20�s & early �30�s. My money�s on the UK origin, especially as I only founf one reference saying it had a US origin. Chrimbo/crimbo seems also to possibly be dreived from Crimble (another one I�ve heard far less often than Crimbo when I think about it).
Cheers
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11 Jan 2009
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