Comments by pauly

  • See Dictionary of Word Origins

    Ugly is from oughlic, from Anglo-Saxon.

    ough, goblin + lic, like.

    Book by Joseph T. Shipley, Ph.D.

    Philosophical Library, 1945.

    November 13, 2012

  • Ugly is descended from this word;

    See Dictionary of Word Origins

    Ugly is from oughlic, from Anglo-Saxon.

    ough, goblin + lic, like.

    Book by Joseph T. Shipley, Ph.D.

    Philosophical Library, 1945.

    August 2, 2009

  • Obsessive fishing tackle collector.

    See; See Times Daily, timesdaily.com

    Confessions of a Fishing Tackleholic

    While I admit I'm a tackleholic, there are worse vices.

    by Dennis Sherer, 2008-04-26

    August 2, 2009