I love the word Poppycock but was surprised to learn that it originates from the Dutch word pappekak that means soft dung. Dutch immigrants introduced the word to the US and it then began to be used in the UK. Who knew that such an English sounding word had such origins. Still a lot of rubbish or nonsense though.
Now on to the P countries. Although I don't officially have a theme I wanted something to link my posts so I thought I'd see how many countries in the World I've visited or might visit.
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
Good to see that Palestine is on the list. I can remember playing geography quizzes on the "Sporcle" site when it was debateable. Haven't been there though or any on that list except Portugal.
Hubby and I did a long weekend trip to Lisbon once, quite a number of years ago now but we had a good time and I wouldn't mind doing a summer holiday there. Of the others Poland is probably the only other possibility.
That's 14 out of 197 countries then.
And 16 out of 26 letters done.
Poppycock is a fun word and another that I use often.
ReplyDeleteI do use poppycock now and then but did not know about the origins. How funny is that... dung! Interesting. Have a lovely Easter weekend, Wendy!!
ReplyDeletePoppycock is a great word but didn’t know its origins. I have been to 4: Pakistan in transit, Portugal and the Philippines to visit and lived in Papua New Guinea for 8 years.
ReplyDeleteHow fun to know poppycock means sh*t as that's how I'd best use it ;-)
ReplyDeletePanama and Portugal for me. I love silly words like Poppycock.
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Another word I use a lot myself, I like these silly nonsense words
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