[Techtalk] Etymology: Pooched

[Ms. Piglet]

Yep, I'd put money that it's a descendant of military/NASA "screwed the
pooch"....not nearly as interesting sounding as a more obscure NASA-ism I
picked up years ago of "seeing the green weenie" = dead. (applied to
software/hardware, not people that I know of....."Yep, I think this
motherboard has seen the green weenie" = it's utterly, totally dead, don't
waste any more time on it, replace it.)

Phrases tend to acquire descendant variations, such as "casters to the
sunshine" as a variant of "belly up" (one of my favorites)...I enjoy
collecting them.

--pig

On 3/22/02 4:10 PM,  <robert at wichert.org> shared this thought:

> Possible source:
> http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1097.html
> 
> Robert Wichert
> 
> 
> ===================================
> 
> "Davis, Jennifer" wrote:
>> 
>> Pooched, n, broken.
>> 
>>         Does anyone know where this word came from?  Recently, I've heard it
>> from an auto mechanic, and its use is common with the techs here in the
>> Department.  I, of course, assume misogyny, when I hear new words from such
>> "masculine" sources.  Perhaps that's just my own expectation and/or
>> prejudice.
>> 
>> Thanks...
>> 
>>> Jennifer Davis
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>>> constitutionnel
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