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free expressions, words, phrases origins and derivations, original meanings and explanations of words and expressions roots and sources ... Cohen suggests the origin dates back to 1840s New York City fraudster Aleck Hoag, who, with his wife posing as a prostitute, would rob the customers. Hoag bribed the police to...
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I work in a school and would like to know the origin of the phrase holy mackerel. It was requested by one of our students and we didn't have a clue! ... Holy mackerel, which dates in writing from 1899, is thought by H.L. Mencken to be a minced oath formed from Holy Mary, However, Eric Partridge,
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Recorded from 1803 with uncertain origin, but possibly a euphemism for Holy Mary, with Mackerel being a nickname for Catholics because they ate the fish on Fridays.
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Holy Mackerel Hi, Does anyone know its origin? Thanks, Search at Yahoo with: "holy mackerel" origin dictionary or "holy mackerel" origin This has some connection with Cape Cod. There is a ... Search at Yahoo with: "holy mackerel" origin dictionary or ; "holy mackerel" origin; (quotation marks are important);
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holy mackerel - exclamation of surprise - A blasphemous oath from the same 'family' as goddam and darn it, etc. Holy Mackerel dates back at least 200 years and is one of very many blasphemous oaths with the Holy prefix. ... Origin: (Educated Guess) Reference to Ritual Catholic Incense burning. (Gordon P)
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The practice of replacing an offensive, sometimes blasphemous word with a similar unoffensive one is known by some as a "taboo deformation." I recall one particular deformation I first encountered when I moved to Vermont back in 1...
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The mackerel was an important food fish, widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean. Snapper in the phrase refers to a biter, an eater, not to someone who cracks a fish’s backbone. In 1855, it also appeared in print as ... Holy Mary ... as its origin.
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HOLY COW, HOLY MACKEREL, HOLY SMOKE are expressions that make fun and make light of the awesome holiness of our God. If we really believe Revelation 15:4 ("for Thou only are holy") then we will not call other things holy in a thoughtless and frivolous way.
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Guess who controls Portland's sushi supply? ... It might surprise people that one vendor provides most of Portland's sushi joints with at least some of their mackerel, salmon and yellowtail. But there's more: A significant body of evidence suggests that True World Foods is secretly controlled by the Rev.
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