Dirty Weekend
When and where did this expression originate? The usual sources seem reticent to provide answers. I assume it can hardly refer to a polluted w/e in LA, one down a Welsh coalmine, or one spent in a...
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The OED has this:1963 P. MOYES Murder la Mode xii. 208 You and Veronica were going off for what, in my day, used to be called a dirty week-end.
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Thanks Dave. The book was published in 1963 and the character harked back to his/her 'days' (presumably fairly distant past) doesn't it indicate that there's an earlier date which is not likely to...
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This etymology suggests a possible origin for the Britspeak euphemism, "something for the weekend."
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Ozzie, I thought that "something for the weekend." was a French expression which has been attached to a particular brand of ED pill - the one that 'promises' up to 36 hours of efficacy!
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Thanks, skibs -- you made me find by serendipity the first draft entry for OED3 I've googled upon:New entry for OED Onlineweekend, n. DRAFT ENTRY Jan. 2006 Brit. (euphem.). something for the weekend:...
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Ozzie, knowing your penchant for verse here's a little parody of an AA Milne classic that you could work up into something more substantial (in a manner of speaking):They'e changing guard at...
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(Hope this doesn't provoke a fatwa from Falluja:)They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace:Christopher Robin went up with CialisAll covered with slathering lard --An Englishman's duty can really be...
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(Hope this doesn't provoke a fatwa from Falluja:)No ways - because it was written without mmmmm...Alice!
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