Comments on: Everything is Tiptop http://blog.oup.com/2009/03/tiptop/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura J. http://blog.oup.com/2009/03/tiptop/comment-page-1/#comment-149845 Laura J. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:33:27 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3561#comment-149845 Your mention of "tup" is interesting - I wasn't previously aware of that particular word, but I've often heard young folk use "tap" in a similar meaning in the phrase "I'd tap that!", a joking expression of approbation of someone's attractive qualities. (Generally said only around one's bosom buddies, and quite out of earshot of the person being so assessed.) Your mention of “tup” is interesting – I wasn’t previously aware of that particular word, but I’ve often heard young folk use “tap” in a similar meaning in the phrase “I’d tap that!”, a joking expression of approbation of someone’s attractive qualities. (Generally said only around one’s bosom buddies, and quite out of earshot of the person being so assessed.)

]]> By: Terry Collmann http://blog.oup.com/2009/03/tiptop/comment-page-1/#comment-149754 Terry Collmann Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:18:47 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3561#comment-149754 Tip as in piece of advice is clearly "steering or pushing in a certain direction" and thus linked to tip as in "push over" in one direction and "giving someone a steer" in the other: were not draught animals steered by touching their shoulders, left or right, with the tip (sic) of the whip or goad? Tip as in piece of advice is clearly “steering or pushing in a certain direction” and thus linked to tip as in “push over” in one direction and “giving someone a steer” in the other: were not draught animals steered by touching their shoulders, left or right, with the tip (sic) of the whip or goad?

]]> By: mollymooly http://blog.oup.com/2009/03/tiptop/comment-page-1/#comment-149655 mollymooly Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:18:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3561#comment-149655 "all etymologies that refer to common words as acronyms are wrong" except O.K., I guess. “all etymologies that refer to common words as acronyms are wrong”

except O.K., I guess.

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