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"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap.
"It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's a very fine event.
Now, is the shown spelling of brahma correct? Where does this application come from. Rhyming slang? I can't find it via "Onelook", although there's a lot about Brahma and Vishnu, which doesn't help.
I've also seen it spelt "brahmer". Another explanation centres on the spelling "Brarmer". The latter is said to be a brand of safe made in the UK (To our NA cousins, it's not that kind of safe). The person doing the explaining of that origin of the word said he was in a security supply shop when he saw a safe and jokingly said "That must be a good safe - it's a Brarmer". It seems the shop owner said that's where the saying comes from and they were advertised in early 20th century (?) London trade magazines as "Brarmer Only the best safes have this name". So it came to mean "the best" of anything.
It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers?
Cheers, Sage
"It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's a very fine event.
Now, is the shown spelling of brahma correct? Where does this application come from. Rhyming slang? I can't find it via "Onelook", although there's a lot about Brahma and Vishnu, which doesn't help.
I've also seen it spelt "brahmer". Another explanation centres on the spelling "Brarmer". The latter is said to be a brand of safe made in the UK (To our NA cousins, it's not that kind of safe). The person doing the explaining of that origin of the word said he was in a security supply shop when he saw a safe and jokingly said "That must be a good safe - it's a Brarmer". It seems the shop owner said that's where the saying comes from and they were advertised in early 20th century (?) London trade magazines as "Brarmer Only the best safes have this name". So it came to mean "the best" of anything.
It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers?
Cheers, Sage
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[nq:1]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap. "It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's ... name".
- [nq:1]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap.
- "It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's ...
- name".
- So it came to mean "the best" of anything.
- It's as good an explanation as I've found.
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[nq:1]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap. "It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's ... name". So it came to mean "the best" of anything. It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers?[/nq]
Yet another spelling, I'm afraid. See
http://www.codesmiths.com/shed/locks/bram
Yet another spelling, I'm afraid. See
http://www.codesmiths.com/shed/locks/bram
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[nq:1]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap. "It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's ... name". So it came to mean "the best" of anything. It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers?[/nq]
Try looking into the subject of Brahma bulls and the deliberate improvement of cattle by crossbreeding. I don't know much else about it, but it would fit what you're saying
Try looking into the subject of Brahma bulls and the deliberate improvement of cattle by crossbreeding. I don't know much else about it, but it would fit what you're saying
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[nq:1]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really good chap. "It's a brahma do", in turn, means it's ... it came to mean "the best" of anything. It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers? Cheers, Sage[/nq]
Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms for attractive young women - 'A wee brammer' and 'a wee stotter'
Of course, since he never wrote them down, they
Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms for attractive young women - 'A wee brammer' and 'a wee stotter'
Of course, since he never wrote them down, they
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[nq:2]"Tha's right brahma, tha is", means you are a really ... It's as good an explanation as I've found. Any offers?[/nq]
[nq:1]Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms for attractive young women - 'A wee brammer' and 'a ... said 'bray-mer' and in the North, 'brahma' rhymes with karma. Hindu Gods and Priests look to be very likely candidates.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms for attractive young women - 'A wee brammer' and 'a ... said 'bray-mer' and in the North, 'brahma' rhymes with karma. Hindu Gods and Priests look to be very likely candidates.[/nq]
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[nq:1]Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms for attractive young women - 'A wee brammer' and 'a ... said 'bray-mer' and in the North, 'brahma' rhymes with karma. Hindu Gods and Priests look to be very likely candidates.[/nq]
Cassell's agrees with that.
brahma, noun (late 19th c+) a pretty woman. (from Brahma adj.)
brahma, adj. (late 19th c+) anything good, enjoyable
Cassell's agrees with that.
brahma, noun (late 19th c+) a pretty woman. (from Brahma adj.)
brahma, adj. (late 19th c+) anything good, enjoyable
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[nq:2]Also used in Scotland. A Scottish chum had two terms ... Hindu Gods and Priests look to be very likely candidates.[/nq]
[nq:1]Cassell's agrees with that. brahma, noun (late 19th c+) a pretty woman. (from Brahma adj.) brahma, adj. (late 19th c+) ... ***. They don't have any "stotter." There is "stoater," a striking blow, so maybe something like "stunning" and "a knock-out"?[/nq]
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[nq:1]Cassell's agrees with that. brahma, noun (late 19th c+) a pretty woman. (from Brahma adj.) brahma, adj. (late 19th c+) ... ***. They don't have any "stotter." There is "stoater," a striking blow, so maybe something like "stunning" and "a knock-out"?[/nq]
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[nq:2]Cassell's agrees with that. brahma, noun (late 19th c+) a ... striking blow, so maybe something like "stunning" and "a knock-out"?[/nq]
Interesting list, but they fail the acid test on houghmagandy, hochmagandy, houghmagandie. Which I first heard in, of all places, the Sweeney in the 70s and which took me a long time to track down
John Dean
Oxford
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Interesting list, but they fail the acid test on houghmagandy, hochmagandy, houghmagandie. Which I first heard in, of all places, the Sweeney in the 70s and which took me a long time to track down
John Dean
Oxford
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