[Techtalk] Etymology: Pooched

Glenda R. Snodgrass grs at theneteffect.com
Fri Mar 22 18:07:05 EST 2002


> Maybe that one's a regional dialect thing....I've always heard it, primarily
> from my mother's family, as in "Stand up straight, when you slouch it makes
> your belly pooch out."
>
> She was from the Ozarks.....

I've heard it my whole life (something is "all pooched out") so could be a
Deep South thing.

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