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"Gordon Strachan labelled Mario Jardel "a big Jessie" after his theatrics led to Michael Svensson being sent off during the 0-0 draw at Bolton."I get the meaning in context... but is this a Scottish...

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It's a very mild Scottish insult, and means cissy. It can be used affectionately or not -- often used to mock supposedly effete Southerners (those Southern Jessies). I've no idea when it started or if...

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Jessie is also the Scottish diminutive of Janet. Robert Burns wrote a poem to "lovely Jessie" but whether any of that has anything to do with the origin of the Jessie in question is beside the point....

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thanks all. the Firstfoot.com Scots Dictionary is pretty interesting, although I wish it had (like m-w.com) sound files attached...veering off, I hadn't seen "sissy" spelled "cissy" before...

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Cissy is a common enough variant here. I'm a medium cissy, not a big one.

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on the same page of the firstfoot glossary is "jilldee" for "hurry up" - thought I, this has got to be from the Anglo Indian(Hindustani?) "jaldi jaldi" - Brits will remember this from TV series "It...

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Most India sites spell it jaldi (hurry/hurry up), as here. Sometimes doubled (even trebled) for emphasis. The site lists it as Gujarati, but I'm fairly sure it's more widespread than just the State of...

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Over 400 hits at gooja for "big Jessie." It seems to be a Scottish epithet meaning mama's boy or gay; see (eg):goojaOED2:Jessie ("dZEsI) Also Jessy, and with lower-case initial. [Female proper name.]...

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In a fight with wife Carrie last night, KoQ screamed "Ya got that right, Mary Jane!". He nonces all sorts of crap, so it might not refer to any Mary Jane in particular. But is there one?All I can...

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KoQ is King of Queens, right?Who is he?

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"The King of Queens" a US sitcom starring Kevin James, Leah Remini, and Jerry Stiller. Been on the air since 1998. It's standard TV fare, not anything to get excited about.

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This may help. My apologies for the horrid wibbling banner at top of linked page.I wonder, how come my AdShield sometimes works only on second visits to a link?

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There are Mary Jane shoes.Isn't there a Mary Jane collar for blouses? I couldn't find a reference to it so I may be hallucinating again.

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I'm sure I've heard it too, daffy, but a google turns up nothing. Peter Pan collars, maybe? They were popular at one time. Will keep burrowing. (Head in sand).

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> It's standard TV fare, not anything to get excited about.I beg to differ! It's the only worthwhile sitcom we've had since Lateline.Besides, it is a veritable noncefest. Haven't been this...

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Long to reign over us!I'm with wordgeek on this one. The very fact that it features the matchless Jerry Stiller lifts it above the standard, but even without him it's the funniest sitcom in a long age.

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Scored its first hit on the Top Ten list last night, btw.Hey, is it true that you've stuck our esteemed leader in a glass box and strung him up over the Thames???? [from Leno]

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Bush made that joke himself:Quote from news storyBush, who was asked repeatedly before his arrival about expected protests in London, joked Wednesday that his situation was like that of American...

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I gotta get my comedians straight! Indeed, it was Bush - I heard it on the news 5 mins before Leno.OK, then, this one actually was from Leno:"President Bush says his visit to England is going so well...

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Hah! Found a solitary reference on the net here. I can't find a picture of one, though.

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Where I grew up, Mary Janes were shoes. The strap across the instep makes it a MaryJane rather than a flat or a pump.It's been a long time since I saw that episode of Homicide, but maybe she was...

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