Nov. 3, 2007
Scupper - a word that just doesn't get used often enough
Posted in Words that don't get used enough
I was listening to the BBC News the other night and the word "scupper" was used to explain the effect of a political action on the outcome of a program. I thought "Wow! Now there's a word I can sink my teeth into." From now on, whenever something goes south, I'm going to know it was scuppered.
scupper
- Main Entry:
- 2scupper
- Function:
- transitive verb
- Etymology:
- origin unknown
- Date:
- 1899
British : to defeat or put an end to : do in 1a
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Nov. 3, 2007 - This is the one I know...
 Posted by anotherblogonthefire
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scupper
-noun
3. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water.
I have heard the phrase 'been scuppered" before, but it seems much less dramatic if it just means that you got poured down a drain.
Edited by anotherblogonthefire on Nov. 3, 2007 at 7:20 PM
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Nov. 3, 2007 - Yeah, but...
 Posted by QueenoftheHill
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If you say "I feel like I just got poured down a drain", well now THAT'S saying something!
"I've been scuppered" takes on a whole new mental image then.
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Nov. 17, 2007 - Great Barking Scuppers
 Posted by Tim Richardson
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We have a book about Scuppers the Sailor Dog (or something like that). There's a great song in it for which Adele made up a tune (how about she sings it as part of the Leslie Thanksgiving?)
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