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How did 'blue' come to mean sad?
think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?
isn't blue kind of a peaceful, serene color? blue sky, for instance. or deep blue ocean?
isn't purple a more proper sad color? or brown?
or does being blue mean not just any kind of sadness but sadness that is wide, vast, and deep as the sky or ocean?
or does it mean you're so sad and lonesome that you've given your soul over to eternity cuz this little world just done you wrong?
isn't blue kind of a peaceful, serene color? blue sky, for instance. or deep blue ocean?
isn't purple a more proper sad color? or brown?
or does being blue mean not just any kind of sadness but sadness that is wide, vast, and deep as the sky or ocean?
or does it mean you're so sad and lonesome that you've given your soul over to eternity cuz this little world just done you wrong?
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meat n potatoes says in article (Email Removed): [nq:1]think of blues music. [/nq] The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s. Marc Dashevsky Put "usenet" in Subject if you want me to read e-mail.
- meat n potatoes says in article (Email Removed): [nq:1]think of blues music.
- [/nq] The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.
- Marc Dashevsky Put "usenet" in Subject if you want me to read e-mail.
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meat n potatoes says in article (Email Removed):
[nq:1]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.
Marc Dashevsky Put "usenet" in Subject if you want me to read e-m
[nq:1]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.
Marc Dashevsky Put "usenet" in Subject if you want me to read e-m
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[nq:1]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad? isn't blue kind of a peaceful, serene color? ... so sad and lonesome that you've given your soul over to eternity cuz this little world just done you wrong?[/nq]
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BLUES Regarding "the blues" as in depression or the music, the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris says it's believe
Excerpt:
BLUES Regarding "the blues" as in depression or the music, the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris says it's believe
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[nq:1]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
Haven't a clue, but on a similar note I might ask why 'cross' stands for angry, annoyed etc.
Luca
"Life doesn't imitate art, life imitates bad TV."
Haven't a clue, but on a similar note I might ask why 'cross' stands for angry, annoyed etc.
Luca
"Life doesn't imitate art, life imitates bad TV."
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[nq:2]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
[nq:1]The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.[/nq]
So also in the OED. "The blues" is short for "the blue devils", which meant depression as early as the 18th cent
[nq:1]The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.[/nq]
So also in the OED. "The blues" is short for "the blue devils", which meant depression as early as the 18th cent
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[nq:2]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
[nq:1]Haven't a clue, but on a similar note I might ask why 'cross' stands for angry, annoyed etc.[/nq]
I suspect a connection with the idea of "cross" as a something causing suffering, as in "That's my cross to bear." See the following noun and adjective senses for "cross" from *The Century Dictionary:*
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[nq:1]Haven't a clue, but on a similar note I might ask why 'cross' stands for angry, annoyed etc.[/nq]
I suspect a connection with the idea of "cross" as a something causing suffering, as in "That's my cross to bear." See the following noun and adjective senses for "cross" from *The Century Dictionary:*
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Marc Dashevsky filted:
[nq:2]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
[nq:1]The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.[/nq]
Bear in mind that there was precious little American slang in the early 1500s..
S
[nq:2]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad?[/nq]
[nq:1]The DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG, 3rd Edition by Chapman and Kipfer doesn't say why, but they do mention that blue first came to be used to mean "melancholy, depressed, woeful" in the early 1500s.[/nq]
Bear in mind that there was precious little American slang in the early 1500s..
S
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(quoting Century Dictionary)
[nq:1]* 9* (Short for blue- stocking. ) A pedantic woman. Next to a lady I must bid adieu Whom some in mirth or malice call a blue. Crabbe. (end quote)[/nq]
I spotted a memorial plaque to Dorothea Beale in Gloucester Cathedral the other day. Why not Miss Buss?
Mike.
[nq:1]* 9* (Short for blue- stocking. ) A pedantic woman. Next to a lady I must bid adieu Whom some in mirth or malice call a blue. Crabbe. (end quote)[/nq]
I spotted a memorial plaque to Dorothea Beale in Gloucester Cathedral the other day. Why not Miss Buss?
Mike.
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[nq:1]think of blues music. how did 'biue' first come to mean sad? isn't blue kind of a peaceful, serene color? blue sky, for instance. or deep blue ocean?[/nq]
Go beat yourself up and you'll end up black and blue.
It's not hard to figure out why a black mood is an unhappy mood. Blue works the same way. I think.
Red is a colour of fire, of passion. Once you start adding red to you
Go beat yourself up and you'll end up black and blue.
It's not hard to figure out why a black mood is an unhappy mood. Blue works the same way. I think.
Red is a colour of fire, of passion. Once you start adding red to you
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[nq:1]I spotted a memorial plaque to Dorothea Beale in Gloucester Cathedral the other day. Why not Miss Buss?[/nq]
Well, they weren't joined at the hip, and they probably went their separate ways and retired and died in different places. Try a different cathedral?
Wood Avens
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Well, they weren't joined at the hip, and they probably went their separate ways and retired and died in different places. Try a different cathedral?
Wood Avens
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[nq:2]I spotted a memorial plaque to Dorothea Beale in Gloucester Cathedral the other day. Why not Miss Buss?[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, they weren't joined at the hip, and they probably went their separate ways and retired and died in different places. Try a different cathedral?[/nq]
Where was Frances Mary buried? Good question and one that this ONL can't answer. Calling Katy E!
Laura
[nq:1]Well, they weren't joined at the hip, and they probably went their separate ways and retired and died in different places. Try a different cathedral?[/nq]
Where was Frances Mary buried? Good question and one that this ONL can't answer. Calling Katy E!
Laura
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