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Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing) #16 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 17:59 pm   Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)		  
Yankee wrote:
Those two (Jamie) K-words sound like "super-hero comic book English" to me. ;)

Kersplat! Kaboom! :lol:

Of course, you know very well that Americans everywhere frequently use the words "kablooey", "kerpow" and "kaboom", along with "kersplat" for when soft things smash and splatter beyond recognition. I often wonder where this "ka-" or "ker-" prefix comes from; maybe it came off the word kaput.

Once in a store I saw a cereal called Kaboom and was disappointed to see that it was a children's cereal. I think the name is more appropriate to a high-fiber cereal.

And, of course, in the economic sphere we have the word "ka-ching", which is used even by people too young to have heard a cash register make that noise.
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Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing) #17 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 18:14 pm   Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)		  
Hi Jamie (K) ;)

Yes, I'd thought of a possible "kaput connection", too. What about possibly an evolution of the word "go"?
Go boom => Kaboom

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Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing) #18 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 18:14 pm   Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)		  
Jamie (K) wrote:
Once in a store I saw a cereal called Kaboom and was disappointed to see that it was a children's cereal. I think the name is more appropriate to a high-fiber cereal.

:lol:

I would also suggest 'Kersplash' for a high fibre cereal brand -- in a fiction world, though!!

(I hope I'm not offending anyone's sensibilities!)

PS: Tom must be wondering how 'his' thread could have degenerated into this!
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