Re: Banana gingerbread [Was:Re: The things to see and do in London]

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:35:14 +0000, Peter Duncanson
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On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:22:31 +0000, LFS
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james wrote:

In message <472b7527$0$26361$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Lyle
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Didn't St Delia invent banoffee pie?


Another TV chefette, the appalling James Oliver, recently invented a new
meaning of 'whack'. At least I hope he did. In a TV ad for Sainsburys
grocery stores he mentioned masturbating a turkey in an oven. 'Whack it
the oven!' he chortled. When I saw the ad again I realised that he was
using 'whack' for 'put'. A new meaning for 'whack'.


New? People have spoekn of whacking things in to other things for as
long as I can remember - e.g "whack it in the net" - and I had no idea
there was another meaning - perhaps I've led a sheltered life? But then
you say you haven't read Sellers and Yeatman, so maybe you have...

Whacking is one word for what Master Bates does when he gets the
urge.

(That was a time-filling post.)

"Whack" comes from the phrase "to wack off" (AmE "to jerk off").

A brief search has not found the origin (when, where,...) of the
phrase.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
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