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What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"?
Is it a metaphor for "frying" the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?
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Is it a metaphor for "frying" the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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english: [nq:1]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"? [/nq] No. S.
- english: [nq:1]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"?
- [/nq] No.
- S.
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Spehro Pefhany
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"? Is it a metaphor for "frying" the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?[/nq]
No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pa
(Email Removed),
the lovely and talented Spehro Pefhany
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"? Is it a metaphor for "frying" the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?[/nq]
No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pa
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Spehro Pefhany asks about "panning":
[nq:2]What is the origin of this word, in the sense ... the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pan, as in "panning for gold."[/nq]
That doesn't make sense to me. Reviewing the OED1 and Supplement, it seems to me that the following sense development i
[nq:2]What is the origin of this word, in the sense ... the recipient of the pan in a hot cooking utensil?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pan, as in "panning for gold."[/nq]
That doesn't make sense to me. Reviewing the OED1 and Supplement, it seems to me that the following sense development i
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[nq:2]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pan, as in "panning for gold."[/nq]
Mark doesn't agree, but I do. And I think figurative "to pan" is a back-formation from figurative "panned".
Adrian
[nq:1]No. It is a metaphor for separating good stuff from bad stuff by washing in a pan, as in "panning for gold."[/nq]
Mark doesn't agree, but I do. And I think figurative "to pan" is a back-formation from figurative "panned".
Adrian
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[nq:1]What is the origin of this word, in the sense of "Severe criticism, especially a negative review"? Is it a ... who have suffered such ignominious treatment, it is like being hit over the head with a really heavy frying pan.[/nq]
Whenever I see the word used in such circumstances, I can hear the boing.
Not that I speak from experience, of course.
Cheers, Sage
Whenever I see the word used in such circumstances, I can hear the boing.
Not that I speak from experience, of course.
Cheers, Sage
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