Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]source www.dictionary.com brick?bat ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brkbt) n. A piece, especially of brick, used as a weapon or missile. An unfavorable remark; a criticism. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- [brick + bat1 piece of brick.] Word History: The earliest sense of brickbat, first recorded in 1563, was "a piece of brick." Such pieces of brick have not infrequently been thrown at others in the hope of injuring them; hence, the figurative brickbats (first recorded in 1929) that critics hurl at performances they dislike. The appearance of bat as the second part of this compound is explained by the fact that the word bat, "war club, cudgel," developed in Middle English the sense "chunk, clod, wad," and in the 16th century came to be used specifically for a piece of brick that was unbroken on one end. gb ----- Original Message ----- From: "F?lix L?pez de Maturana" <fmaturana@euskalnet.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: 11 October 2004 12:26 Subject: [Leica] Re: Brickbats > > > >Felix, > >Why would you expect brickbats for these images? > > > > Don > > What is exactly brickbats? I cannot find in the dictionary. And bouday? > > Kind regards > > Felix > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >