origin of "to cock a snook".....ehhhhhh, okay, I am not even sure I can define it, much less think about origin, except to say it is some sort of derisive or defiant gesture and I can at least give a pointer to a picture
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/ ... 34x400.jpg
, but I can't say much more to help...maybe fingers wave or are static....I don't know....term sounds British...maybe an American may say five-fingered salute, but I rarely see any name for it....I just see it being done...but I have no idea what a snook is...etc.
origin of "to cock a snook"
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origin of "to cock a snook"
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
Here's one explanation, though it, too, doesn't know what a snook is:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock-a-snook.html
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock-a-snook.html
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
I remember a discussion about this phrase, and I thought it was here. I can only find this brief reference at the mo but will look again later.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
I just remember we did it a bunch in the fifties. Usually thumb on nose, four fingers waving. But I don't remember connecting it with the cock a snoot phrase before, though I had heard it.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
I must ask, did you mean to write "snoot", or is it a typo?I just remember we did it a bunch in the fifties. Usually thumb on nose, four fingers waving. But I don't remember connecting it with the cock a snoot phrase before, though I had heard it.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
I am interested in almost every Good Word and Good Word suggestion. But "to cock a snook" is entirely foreign to me and also holds absolutely none of my interest. So why am I bothering to post this? I really can't say.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
Good point.So why am I bothering to post this? I really can't say.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
Your contributions are all appreciated, thanks. But note that I put my request in the section "Good Word 'Suggestions'" rather than "Discussions", simply as an idea for Dr. Beard. So I guess it would not have mattered to me if anybody other than Dr. Beard had wanted to entertain it or not. But I thank you.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
Snoot was not a typo. That's how I always heard it. Thanks for pointing out the K. Now you got me to wondering why the difference.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
I think we have always commented on Good Word Suggestions. It gives us more fodder for our cannons. I am happy to entertain "to cock a snook" even though no one seems to know where it came from. I just don't plan to put it in my vocabulary of immediate recall. Due to my advanced age, that vocabulary has tended carefully so I won't always be at a loss for words.
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Re: origin of "to cock a snook"
True. I also believe our comments give the Dr. more to go on and show him what his readers are interested in.I think we have always commented on Good Word Suggestions. It gives us more fodder for our cannons.
I also don't recall the Dr. ever taking up a phrase.
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