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

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:09:18PM -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote:
> 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?

"of obscure origin"

Jesse Sheidlower
OED