Sunday, January 27, 2008

Forgotten English -- poosk

"poosk: to search for vermin on a person."

I'm so going to use this word.

[source: Jeffrey Kacirk Forgotten English 2008 Calendar: A Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore"]

Enjoy your primate habits,

Bp

3 comments:

4 said...

You are shitting me. That is a great word.

Bpaul said...

Ain't it great?

Stu Farnham said...

Why, 'at's just a high falootin', Volvo drivin', latte drinkin', sushi eatin' liberal word for pickin' nits.