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发信人: yangs (Microsea永不止息), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Fri Nov 15 08:30:56 2002) , 转信
noggin
Definition: Head, brain, skull.
Example: 1) If you would just use your noggin, you'd be able to do these math
problems.
2) Tom has a tough noggin -- he got hit in the head with a baseball but he's f
ine.
Etymology: 'Noggin' comes from an old Irish word for a drinking mug. In the 17
00s, drinking mugs frequently had human faces on them, and over time the word
came to refer to the human head.
Synonyms: bean, noodle
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