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#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. Wink

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Kersplat! Kaboom! Laughing

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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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#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 Amy

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#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.

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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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