Digest urth.v030.n109

DhSunanda · 11 May 2001, 11:59 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: DhSunanda at aol.com
Subject: (urth) Re: Digest urth.v030.n109
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:59:23 EDT
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> > "Vhas a groose.", I translate as "[He] Was a grouse." In
>  > American slang, a grouse is a person who habitually complains.=20
> =20
>  Dunno. I've seen "to grouse," a verb for a kind of habitual
>  complaining, but I've never heard or seen a nominal form.
>  MW on line only lists (as noun) the bird and "a complaint."
> =20
The Shorter Oxford gives a noun form:  "A grumble, a complaint; a reason fo=
r=20
grumbling". And the very next definition (along the lines of "wicked")  is=20
"Austral. & NZ slang.E20.  (Something) good or excellent".

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