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Interesting...
Never ever thought about caboodle in isolation from kit as a stand alone word.
posted by
word.smith
on August 10, 2007 at 5:46 PM
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We are nothing if not painfully redundant, we Americans...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 8, 2007 at 10:41 AM
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Darn it!
I thought you were going to show pics of a new kitten!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on August 7, 2007 at 5:27 AM
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Julia, I've always heard this expression..............
Never thought much about it. Now, when I hear it, I'll think about you and your blog.
posted by
MaggieMae
on August 7, 2007 at 4:24 AM
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sounds alot like reverse back. never heard of anyone reversing forward.
posted by
proc
on August 7, 2007 at 4:00 AM
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Julia - Interesting! I have a friend of whom owns a gift basket business,
and that's what it's called, "Kit 'n Kaboodle". Have you read, The Word Detective? You might enjoy him as he writes about the origins of words, expressions, etc. Told Justi about him just the other day.
http://www.word-detective.com/
posted by
FoliageGold
on August 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM
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Very interesting!
Americanisms (good word) seem to, often times be redundant.
posted by
roadscross
on August 6, 2007 at 1:48 PM
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Hmmm
I have never heard of it.
posted by
_Symphony_
on August 6, 2007 at 11:11 AM
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Julia
We've all used the expression but I never really thought about its origin. It's always fun to find out the meaning behind and old adage or term we throw around loosely. Thanks!
posted by
Troosha
on August 6, 2007 at 9:41 AM
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posted by
Amanda__
on August 6, 2007 at 8:17 AM
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Julia
Good one. I have heard it forever, didn't know what it actually meant just used it as you have said. BB
posted by
Justi
on August 5, 2007 at 11:08 PM
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Cool, Julia!..gotta go, I have a caboodle of laundry to do....hahahaha
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on August 5, 2007 at 6:25 PM
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posted by
riri0322
on August 5, 2007 at 1:44 PM
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Holy Grail--
yes, for sure.
posted by
Julia.
on August 5, 2007 at 1:03 PM
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afzal--
you're welcome!
posted by
Julia.
on August 5, 2007 at 1:02 PM
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We've come up with some pretty odd expression, haven't we?
posted by
Holy_Grail
on August 5, 2007 at 11:33 AM
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Thanks for imparting the knowledge about words .
posted by
afzal50
on August 5, 2007 at 10:37 AM
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Talion--
ROFL, and eeeeewwww...the poor kitten
posted by
Julia.
on August 5, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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Pat B--
yes, there have been some very funny parodies of misunderstood song lyrics and tv commercials too. There's one in particular that stands out as the most misunderstood lyric of all time and it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite bring it forth. ARRGH, I hate when that happens!
posted by
Julia.
on August 5, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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Julia.
There's a TV commercial for a cable TV/internet/phone service provider that features a guy dining in an Asian restaurant. A long bearded elderly Asian guy in traditional garb pushes a cart to his table and offers the diner caboodle. He gladly accepts. The Asian guy aks if he would like "kit" with it. The diner takes that too. The commercial advertises a cable TV/internet/phone service bundle (Queen V and I have it), but when you think about it, you see a guy in an Asian restaurant eating "kitten caboodle." I don't think that's the message they had in mind.
posted by
Talion
on August 5, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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This kitten caboodle thing works especially well on song lyrics...
Sometimes you "hear" something else no matter what they're singing. Malaprops. I think that's the word for it - using something that sounds similar but has a totally different meanting. Great fun!
posted by
Pat_B
on August 5, 2007 at 9:56 AM
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