12.20.2011
Yet Another Word That Deserves Revival: “Cousin-Betty”
“A deranged woman. ‘Cousin Tommy’ is applied to a man in that melancholy situation.”
— William Carr’s Dialect of Craven, 1828
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Too esoteric.
Comment by Let it Bleed — 12.21.2011 @ 9:22 am
We’re gonna need more than one name.
Comment by dcurtin — 12.21.2011 @ 1:07 pm