Re: Printer Problem - An Insane Solution

[Gary Turner <kk5st@sbcglobal.net>]

Glenn English wrote:

>On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 10:03, Thomas H. George,,, wrote:
>
>> PS.  I was going to call this a cock-a-manie (sp?) solution but I can't 
>> find the word in any of our dictionaries.  Anyone know a correct 
>> spelling and dictionary entry?
>
>Not at all sure, but I think it's "cockamamie" - it's a term my
>grandparents used to use, so I suspect it came out of the 1920's.
>It ought to be in the Dictionary of American Slang.

FYI

gt@koko:~$ dict cockamamie
1 definition found

>From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:

  cockamamie
       adj : (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
             going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
             plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamy}, {fool(a)},
              {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly}, {wacky}, {zany},
{unreasonable}]
gt@koko:~$



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