The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16724   Message #158882
Posted By: Steve Parkes
06-Jan-00 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: Origin of verb 'to gig?'
Subject: RE: Origin of verb 'to gig?'
WyoWoman, if you're in the UK you'd call your FP a bum bag. Many people over here fondly (but mistakenly!) believe this is from the US word bum meaning hobo or tramp, instead of the Norse or Anglo-Saxon word meaning, well, bum; and follow the practice of wearing them at the front instead of the back ... so I suppose we could call 'em ... no, that doesn't sound like a good idea!

Steve