http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/comment-page-1/#comment-3344 Michael Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:24:39 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/22/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/#comment-3344 Doesnt the phrase "high tail..." come from the word hie? Which means to hasten. I vaguely remember reading that it had to do with a hunting term where the master would command his dogs to "hie on". When the game was spotted by the dog it would stop and stiffen its tail as if pointing, thus the hie tail. Or it could be that one's tail is the last thing seen as one hie tails it out of Dodge? Doesnt the phrase “high tail…” come from the word hie? Which means to hasten. I vaguely remember reading that it had to do with a hunting term where the master would command his dogs to “hie on”. When the game was spotted by the dog it would stop and stiffen its tail as if pointing, thus the hie tail. Or it could be that one’s tail is the last thing seen as one hie tails it out of Dodge?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Greg Field Thu, 28 May 2009 19:23:52 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/22/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/#comment-2074 As to skedaddle, look at the military's degradation of "attention!" to "ted-HUT!" - sounds to me like one might have said "let's get outa here", then s'getouta here, then skedaddle! That's my theory, a lot o phrases formed that way, but I want to know the origins of "let's book" which I thought was ludicrous when all of my peers in high school started using it as if they'd known it all their lives. As to skedaddle, look at the military’s degradation of “attention!” to “ted-HUT!” – sounds to me like one might have said “let’s get outa here”, then s’getouta here, then skedaddle! That’s my theory, a lot o phrases formed that way, but I want to know the origins of “let’s book” which I thought was ludicrous when all of my peers in high school started using it as if they’d known it all their lives.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Ai Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:41:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/22/bolt-skedaddle-hightail-and-book/#comment-778 thank you! such a good article. I am from japan thank you! such a good article. I am from japan

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