This week's theme: eponyms. jarvey (JAR-vee) noun
1. A hackney-coach driver. 2. A hackney coach. [After Jarvey, a variant of the name Jarvis. Who Jarvey/Jarvis was is unknown.] The word hackney is a toponym, after Hackney, a borough of London, UK, and that's where the term hack (as in a hack writer) comes from. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey." James Joyce; Ulysses; 1922. This newsletter is supported by these sponsors: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=aw Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. -Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (1900-1980) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/jarvey.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/jarvey.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/jarvey.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
