Lunched
I ran a Phrase Finder, Dictionary and W-O Google but couldn't find this. It may be an Americanism. The term "lunched" meaning destroyed or inoperative. It seems to be mostly used with mechanical...
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Ladies Who Lunch takes on a new and sinister meaning! (No, I haven't heard the destructive sense used in the UK).
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I got a lot of googlenoise when I tried to search. Something about Frank Zappa, but dunno. Also lots of spelling challenged webmeisters talking about air and space vehicular traffic on the very...
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My father was an auto mechanic, I have never heard the term. You should listen more to dear old dad...it's Father's Day give him a call...Tell him you lunched your engine and see what he says.JGorman,...
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As you may have noticed, I've gone back to a 1990 google group note (Ozzie would be proud). But I'm still guessing that it's from the Zappa lyrics.
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The word "lunch" in the normal sense looks pretty interesting.For "lunch" MWO says : Etymology: probably short for luncheon For "Luncheon" MWO has: Etymology: perhaps alteration of nuncheon light...
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Yes, but, but PK's post is about "lunched" used as "broken." I was expanding on aldi's comment:Ladies Who Lunch takes on a new and sinister meaning!
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SOED on lunch:1591. [Perh. f. LUMP sb1, on the analogy of hump, hunch, bump, bunch.] 1. A piece, a thick piece; a hunch -1785. 2. Colloq. for luncheon
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I remember hearing 'lunched' used that way, though not recently. The drag racing (as in cars, you know) fraternity seems to have been the community popularizing it, if memory serves. Drag cars would...
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HDAS has the usage from 1968. It marks it as student slang meaning to ruin or destroy, although the first citation is "he lunched his engine" (students can talk about engines too).My guess would be...
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HDAS has the usage from 1968. It marks it as student slang meaning to ruin or destroy, although the first citation is "he lunched his engine" (students can talk about engines too).It seems from the...
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I first heard lunched in the destructive sense in the late sixties. My ex-brother-in-law was fond of saying that something was "lunched out the ear." This was in California's Central Valley.
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