diphthong - dipthong

[Mike Salovesh]

"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:
>
> Funny. My first association for "funny dip" was with the (metaphoric)
> "dipstick" rather than the well-known "dipshit." Takes all kinds I reckon.

And my first association was with old underworld cant "dip" --
pickpocket.  (See why it was natural for me to write a review of
Maurer's Language of the Underworld?)

But "funny dip", as Dennis puts it, calls up "dipsomaniac" and its
variant "dipso".

Well, it sounds funny to me.

-- mike salovesh                    <salovesh at niu.edu>
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