Talk:marrowsky

A Nabokov nonce word? 86.131.90.78 13:06, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Possibly also a verb

From John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873):

"Another slang has been manufactured by transposing the initial letters of words, so that a mutton chop becomes a chutton mop, and a pint of stout a stint of pout; but it is satisfactory to know that it has gained no ground, as it is remarkable for nothing so much as poverty of resource on the part of its inventors. This is called “Marrowskying,” or “Medical Greek,” from its use by medical students at the hospitals. Albert Smith termed it the “Gower Street Dialect,” and referred to it occasionally in his best-known works.

Equinox ◑ 21:35, 27 September 2020 (UTC)