http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/21/toboggan/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/21/toboggan/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 ~ Sil in Corea Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2086#comment-3292 "Bean" seems to be a British term for "head" or "person." I originated 'north of Beantown,' also called 'Downeast,' where a lot of old Brit slang still lurks. "She bonked him on the bean," for example. “Bean” seems to be a British term for “head” or “person.” I originated ‘north of Beantown,’ also called ‘Downeast,’ where a lot of old Brit slang still lurks. “She bonked him on the bean,” for example.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/10/21/toboggan/comment-page-1/#comment-3116 Mim Carrington Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:22:32 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2086#comment-3116 When I was a kid we called knitted hats 'beanies'; this was in the mid-late 1970s in Canberra, Australia... so maybe not the sk8erboyz fault (although they are probably responsible for a large amount of other language demolition). When I was a kid we called knitted hats ‘beanies’; this was in the mid-late 1970s in Canberra, Australia… so maybe not the sk8erboyz fault (although they are probably responsible for a large amount of other language demolition).

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