Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Menelick

Menelick: verb. Menelicking, also called Menelickery when one wants to sound posh, has in fact nothing to do with licking anything or anyone. Indeed, Menelicking actually refers to doing something rather plain or simple - in other words, idiotic. The word comes from the old legend of King Menelik the first, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who decided that it would be nice to have a small walk on Kilimanjaro in his father´s regalia. Sadly for him, he froze to death.

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