[Dixielandjazz] Correcting Slang

[Harry Callaghan]

I regret that William Safire is no longer with us.  Were he here today and a
member of the list, I'm sure he would be able to clear up all this
confusion.

He would probably also be able to clarify whether it is proper to refer to a
sound emitted vocally as a belch or a burp.

Now, moving on to other important musical issues...........

HC
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> "Brain hiccup" would probably be a more correct term since, AFAIK, "Brain
> fart" means a momentary malfunction of the brain such as forgetting
> something, or doing something stupid.
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill Haesler
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:50 AM
> To: lherault at bu.edu
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Correcting Slang
>
> Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote [in part]:
> > The "old, retired" nurse in me just can't let "brain fart" word  use pass
> > by one more time... I am pretty logically sure that the term that worked
> it's way into
> > slang probably from some medical TV show is "farct", short for infarct...
> "an area of necrosis in a tissue or organ resulting from  obstruction of
> the
> local circulation by a thrombus or embolus"
> > In other words a mini-stroke would also be a brain  infarct.
>
> Dear Ginny,
> It would appear to be, exclusively, a vulgar American term.
> 8>)
> It hasn't reached Australia. (Well, my generation.)
> Yet.
> Wikipedia provides the following explanation:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_fart
> However, the following definition, buried within annoying Google ads, seems
> to confirm your hypothesis.
>   http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-brain-fart.htm
> Well done.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
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