Talk:crimenetly

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[This is a comment from User:Sfbookworm. It was added to the entry, where it doesn't belong, so I move it here. It's not my text or opinion.] I strongly suspect this word has roots in the British Isles and was originally transported to the US in the 1600's with the original settlers. My grandmother used it frequently as defined above, though with less intensity than would be conveyed by contempt or outrage. She often used it as a compound exclamation, "Crimenetly, would you look at that!" at say, an oddly shaped root vegetable she had dug up, or on seeing an unusual bird fly by. A possible search area for etyomology would be in Maine or West Virginia, both areas being relatively isolated linguistically and settled early in US history by English settlers. Many old colloquialisms are still in use (though no one remembers what they mean.) Equinox ◑ 23:52, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

RFV

Kept after this discussion. — Beobach 06:18, 21 November 2010 (UTC)