Yet another Etymology That Won't Die (s. nob.)

[Mark A Mandel]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Laurence Horn wrote:

#  I kind of like the "snips and snobs" = 'tailors and cobblers' story
#myself, but I'll settle for "o.o.o.")

o yeah? ;-)\ What's "o.o.o."? I gather it means 'origin unknown', but
how?

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguist at Large