Thursday, November 13, 2003
Under the Weather
Woke up this morning feeling really crappy. Fever...sore throat. Yuck.
There is nothing like feeling under the weather to make me appreciate my normally good health.
Did you ever wonder where the term "under the weather" comes from?
The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson had this to say on the matter:
Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions by Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey had this to say about the phrase:
'Nuff said...back to bed.
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There is nothing like feeling under the weather to make me appreciate my normally good health.
Did you ever wonder where the term "under the weather" comes from?
The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson had this to say on the matter:
- “Ik Marvel, a pseudonym that resulted from a misprinting of J.K. Marvel, was the pen name of American author Donald Grant Mitchell. In his ‘Reveries of a Bachelor’ (1850) Ik Marvel is the first to record ‘under the weather,’ which has been a synonym for everything from ‘ill and indisposed’ to ‘financially embarrassed’ and ‘drunk,’ and has even been a synonym for ‘the discomfort accompanying menstruation.”
Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions by Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey had this to say about the phrase:
- “Under the weather. To feel ill. Originally it meant to feel seasick or to be adversely affected by bad weather. The term is correctly ‘under the weather bow’ which is a gloomy prospect; the weather bow is the side upon which all the rotten weather is blowing.”
'Nuff said...back to bed.
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