Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 03:52:21 -0800

From: SETH SKLAREY crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM

Subject: Re: "cobbed" etc.



Ron Butters wrote:



I think Dennis and Seth are absolutely right about the connection of

COBBED with "CORNHOLE". However, it is the case that COBBED and REAMED

are a little different in semantic range from SCREWED--COBBED and REAMED

can (for me) mean simply 'defeated badly': Duke was recently

REAMED/COBBED (cf. CREAMED) by EMU at basketball, but they were not SCREWED.





I've always presumed creamed was short for cremated.



Seth