Talk:banjo

Tea room discussion

Note: the below discussion was moved from the Wiktionary:Tea room.

Apparently to banjo someone is British slang for to deck someone or kick someone's ass. Any suggestions? --Borganised 13:26, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Not just UK, I think. DCDuring TALK 14:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Also:

• 1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95

  Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.

• 1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar."(Sport), Sunday Mailm Jan 4, 1998

  Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game

• 2007, "Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero", Times Online, Jul 31, 2007

  "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.

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And just to confuse things...

• 1949, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Nation's Business (p. 78)

  Informed of this, Caton's eyes banjoed bigger than ever.

- Pingku 17:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I wonder what that means. I'd put the above quote on the citations page at banjo. DCDuring Holiday Greetings! 18:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I've done that. Thanks. My guess is something like 'fluttered', but it's only a guess... - Pingku 18:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I've heard the expression banjo eyes in the wild, referring to the expression of someone who has just been startled, presumably because their eyes widen to resemble the white circular head of a banjo. —Michael Z. 2009-03-23 21:08 z

Etymology

I know the OED supports what he have but we might want to mention there's apparently some controversy on the point, with others seeing a direct connection to African languages. — LlywelynII 21:02, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

sancho?

Chambers 1908 defines sancho as "a musical instrument like the guitar, used by negroes". Might this be another form of banjo? Equinox ◑ 13:51, 22 September 2018 (UTC)