perfect synonyms--chamber pot

[Barbara Need]

This conversation debuted with the proposal that flapjack and slapjack
might be (nearly_ perfect synonyms. The discussion has focussed on
slapjack, which I had never heard. And none of the meanings mentioned
for it are even close to the only meaning I have for flapjack--
pancake. Does flapjack have another meaning I am not familiar with? Or
can slapjack mean pancake?

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago

On 11 Jul 2009, at 9:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> My guess is that "slop jar" came first.  Frankly, I don't know where
> "slapjack" is used in this sense.  Surely it isn't common.
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Since 'slapjack' can mean chamber pot, I remember such a container
>> being
>> ca=
>> lled a 'slop jar' in my childhood. Can this be a variation of
>> 'slapjack'?
>> =A0
>> --Margaret Lee
>>
>> ________________________________________
>>
>> --- On Fri, 7/10/09, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> I can now reveal two comparably synonymous English words. They are
>> so mundane, however, that no one will be impressed.
>>
>> The envelope please:
>>
>> "Flapjack" and "slapjack."
>>
>> Objection: whereas "gorse" and "furze" have the virtue of always
>> meaning
>> each other, "slapjack" can also mean "chamberpot."=A0 At least
>> that's what
>> =
>> the
>> late Fred Cassidy told me many years ago.
>>
>> Gorse/furze, flapjack/slapjack.=A0 I guess it's...a toss-up.
>>
>> JL

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