[Lexicog] Words formed on the pattern "participle - ing + first name"

[Susan Gehr]

I only know ŒWaltzing Matilda¹ as the name of an Australian song.

And I don¹t know the history of Creeping Jesus, but I recall an interjection
ŒJumping Jesus Jeohsaphat!¹  or something to that effect.  I know it as a
sort of expression of startled surprise.

On 11/16/05 8:42 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:

>  Isn't that the name of an Australian song? Or would you also refer to a lady
> by "she is a waltzing Matilda?"
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> Fritz Goerling
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> Susan Gehr wrote:
> Waltzing Matilda?
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> On 11/16/05 3:06 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
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>> Recently I  corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
>> German
>> compound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a  suffix,'
>> like:
>> 
>> Zappelphilipp = a  boy who can't sit still
>> Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for  Heinrich)
>> Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short  for
>> Susanne) 
>> 
>> I am interested  in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in
>> English.
>> I am  not looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous
>> Nelly,  honest Abe,"
>> some of which have become more or less common expressions. I  am interested
>> in examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which  seem to
>> correspond
>> to the German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be  "smoking Joe" (for
>> the
>> boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom,"  "doubting Thomas",
>>  especially if they have "made it" to become common  expressions and are
>> included in the dictionary.
>> 
>> Fritz  Goerling
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Susan Gehr
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