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sayings and other things.
Jun. 10th, 2010 05:58 pmThis is kind of geeky, I know, but stick with me:
A minute ago, I was rereading a bit of an IM conversation that I had written for a character, and at some point he mentioned that his ex-girlfriend had "seemed so concerned when [he] was barfing five ways into Sunday". For some reason I started wondering where I'd gotten the expression [x] ways into Sunday from, because I've heard it a lot and I tend to use it in my own conversations, be they for fictional conversations or not, and I started wondering where it actually came from. So I consulted Google and got a few different explanations.
The first thing I got from looking up "five ways into Sunday" was WikiAnswers, which gave me "seven ways from Sunday", not "five ways":
Which wasn't what I was looking for, because (in the example of the sentence I mentioned), the guy was saying that his girlfriend was expressing concern when he was vomiting up a storm. So I checked the second result, Urban Dictionary, which gave me "six ways from Sunday" and three definitions. Two and three best describe what I was kind of getting at, in my opinion, anyway (text copy/pasted and left as is):
What I'm wondering now is if anyone else has heard that expression ([x] ways from/into Sunday) used in a way that I used it, or if they had heard it used in a different way. Hmm. Like I said: kind of geeky, but I couldn't get that thought out of my head.
A minute ago, I was rereading a bit of an IM conversation that I had written for a character, and at some point he mentioned that his ex-girlfriend had "seemed so concerned when [he] was barfing five ways into Sunday". For some reason I started wondering where I'd gotten the expression [x] ways into Sunday from, because I've heard it a lot and I tend to use it in my own conversations, be they for fictional conversations or not, and I started wondering where it actually came from. So I consulted Google and got a few different explanations.
The first thing I got from looking up "five ways into Sunday" was WikiAnswers, which gave me "seven ways from Sunday", not "five ways":
What does the phrase seven ways from Sunday mean?
It means 'universal'. No matter what, the outcome will always be the same.
Which wasn't what I was looking for, because (in the example of the sentence I mentioned), the guy was saying that his girlfriend was expressing concern when he was vomiting up a storm. So I checked the second result, Urban Dictionary, which gave me "six ways from Sunday" and three definitions. Two and three best describe what I was kind of getting at, in my opinion, anyway (text copy/pasted and left as is):
2. a numerous amount or alot. Used often to descibe differnt mehods of doing the same thing. i am guessing it came from peole with a bad case of the mondays who think its along time untill they can relax again on sunday. possibly of british origin.
3. To approach a task with zeal or gusto. To do something thoroughly and completely. See also white on rice.
What I'm wondering now is if anyone else has heard that expression ([x] ways from/into Sunday) used in a way that I used it, or if they had heard it used in a different way. Hmm. Like I said: kind of geeky, but I couldn't get that thought out of my head.
