OMG a totally clear category!!

[Postdog]

Wish I had a word I wanted to ask about

[shoota]

?

[sandyRoe]

Does anyone know what 'pishogue' means?

[Postdog]

aww. it's not clear now....

[sandyRoe]

without looking it up somewhere

[HowardKennitby]

Sandy

Yes.

[humbersloop]

And me. ;)

[daisya]

I have.....floccinaucinihilipilification - how on earth was this word arrived at to mean "of little value - trifling"? Wouldn't it have been better to have a shorter word LOL.

[Fitzer]

An evil spirit/elf?

[sandyRoe]

I thought I might have you all banjaxed with that one. ABers never cease to amaze me.

[sandyRoe]

I thought it meant the evil eye, bad magic from Gaelic.

[MarkRae]

Why do Cockneys sometimes refer to their houses as their 'drums'? And Google as much as you like... :-)

[humbersloop]

My mother was from West Clare Sandy. Never broken.

[sandyRoe]

rhyming slang, drum & Fife?

[MarkRae]

> rhyming slang, drum & Fife?

Er...

[humbersloop]

Daisy, it is the bad eye or bad magic. And banjaxed is beaten.

[HowardKennitby]

Sandy

The word is in Chambers

Mark

No idea, Cassell's Dict does not give any indication of the derivation.

[sandyRoe]

This cockney chap, when his money is all gone, and he has no other option, he goes back to the drum& fife, his wife? No?

[sandyRoe]

I remember the letters to make pishogue came up on Countdown one day. The contestants missed it, as did dictionary corner.

[MarkRae]

> Cassell's Dict does not give any indication of the derivation.

Irritating, isn't it!

[HowardKennitby]

No