Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Terms of Endearment

Today's big question at work: The origins of the word "chuck" after I called one of the ladies in the office "chuck" as in "Thanks chuck". Which got me a "?"

I did a google on "Chuck definition origins Yorkshire" and came up with nothing.

I had to get it with "Chuck endearment".

Turns out it all started with Shakespeare and is a derivitave of "chick". Hummm.

Now you know not to call your male friends "chuck", unless of course, that's their name...

2 comments:

jj said...

so is that like the east midlands 'duck'? then?

Trepid Explorer said...

Sure is ducky-egg.