Terminology

[azurelunatic]

The Little Fayoumis has come up with a word: Nooshish (or Naulshish) which means an amazing variety of different things. I think it's an all-purpose "good" word. This time it meant "yummy", but he said that sometimes it means other things.

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etymology

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Could it have come from the verb "nosh"?

Re: etymology

[azurelunatic]

I doubt it, as that's not a word that we use much around here.

But then, he could have picked it up *somewhere*.

Narcissa and I used to call dry seed corn "intrinse". For whatever reason. It had special magical properties.

Re: etymology

[azurelunatic]

It later transpired that it came from "nauseous".

Heh.