Nose Ointment..

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:11

Does anyone know where this saying comes from?

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:25

lol because its ointment that put up your nose







http://www.annals.org/content/140/6/I-36.full

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:29

oint·ment   [oint-muhnt] Show IPA

–noun Pharmacology .

a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.

Origin:

1250–1300; obs. oint (aph. var. of anoint) + -ment; r. ME oignement < OF < VL *unguimentum for L unguentum; see unguent

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:32

i take it you can talk about this, they have nose ointment in the trnc

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:33

Come on, you know what mean.



When someone says - "mind your own business - nose ointment" - where did this phrase come from?

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
20/08/2010 22:36

i can honestly say i have never heard that saying, were you from in uk

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 02:09

Kev - I'm surprised at you - as far I knew, it was a London saying

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 08:57

ive heard loads of things put on the end of nosey but not ointment,,,,, not in bethnall green lol

proger1



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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 08:59

Sorry, never heard of it either

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 09:47

neither have I. Has it anything to do with brown nosing?

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 09:51

from google 'NOISE-OINTMENT. Noise-ointment is British slang for an inquisitive person'

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 10:26

LAPTA MIKE no it doesn't lol

wynyardman



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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 11:37

Nose Oitment is what Dutch Crusader is going to need, if he continues to critisize me without any foundation, and I bump into him.



Now there No1. Why are personal attacks allowed on Cyprus 44? Good manners cost nothing!



wyn

Tinkie


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 11:52

Ive heard of it, we are from the south although I think my grandparents who were from Wigan used to say it to us as children.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 12:17

Laptamike is right. But where did it originate from?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 15:46

The phrase originated from the observations of Hogarth in respect of the stench of the Docks and East End in London. The upper classes, when having to travel these areas used ointments of flower and herb extracts applied to their noses to reduce the smell.



The stench was so bad that the upper classes resorted to using stronger scents such as coffee and toffee.



Hence 'Toffee Nosed' relating to the upper classes.



Unfortunately the inclusion of Toffee was attractice to insects and trapped them in the nostrils, hence 'A Fly in the Ointment'.











Robipedia.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:08

Ron. Where does the inquisitive association come in?

dalartokat


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:31

We always used that saying "who you looking at nose ointment?" when we were kids. Wouldn't get away with now without punch on the nose!!

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
21/08/2010 19:37

When Red Judges attend the opening ceremonial of the court circuit for trials of the worst criminals they are presented with a posy of flowers known as a "nosegay". In years past when such criminals entered the dock they normally gave off a a terrible pong due to a lack of hygiene and having been held on remand in dungeon like cells. The nosegay would be seen by all in court being waved under his nostrils by the Beak. I used to watch these judges alighting from their limos, clutching their nosegays, and surrounded by flunkies, then, wending their way past ceremonial buglers. I used to think "how precious is that" On one occasion when rehearsing the buglers a police operation kicked off nearby with police running in all directions like keystone cops. When I shouted "Buglers, sound off" a Superintendant came and asked if I was taking the p..s. I said "I have no problem if you see this coincidence like that and shall I give your name and complaint to the High Sheriff" ? He left.