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Thread #72263   Message #1611316
Posted By: Dave'sWife
22-Nov-05 - 12:47 PM
Thread Name: Folklore/Linguistics: What's a Rinktum?
Subject: RE: Folklore/Linguistics: What's a Rinktum?
I found a reference to a word: spizzerinktum or spizzer inktum
and this note:
"As Merriam-Webster editors have pointed out in their May 2005 newsletter, it has been speculated “that the word derives in whole from Latin specie rectum, literally, ‘the right kind’â€"but that etymology appears to be a misguided attempt to make something more of good old American slang than is warranted.â€쳌

Full entry on Spizzerinctum

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