Loogie (1985)

[Mark A. Mandel]

 "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

> And "hock a louie/loogie".  Thus morphing into a "hocker", as in "don't
step on that hocker".

Is there a possible Russian etymon for "hock a louie"? I seem to recall some
such or some speculated such, a word of similar structure to /potseluj/
'kiss' (noun), related to /potselujte/ 'kiss' (verb).

-- Mark A. Mandel
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