Mignon Fogarty on Nostr: "High-falutin" recently caught my attention. It began as American slang in 1839. ...
"High-falutin" recently caught my attention. It began as American slang in 1839.
Through the wonder of the Internet Archive, I was able to find the first citation mentioned in the OED, and it's a doozy. I'm not sure what Pete is going on about here, but later in the letter, he complains that these high-falutin "fellers" would hardly talk to him on a steamboat ride.
You can find the whole letter here: https://archive.org/details/sim_spirit-of-the-times_1839-05-18_9_11/page/n1/mode/2up?q=high-faluting
Through the wonder of the Internet Archive, I was able to find the first citation mentioned in the OED, and it's a doozy. I'm not sure what Pete is going on about here, but later in the letter, he complains that these high-falutin "fellers" would hardly talk to him on a steamboat ride.
You can find the whole letter here: https://archive.org/details/sim_spirit-of-the-times_1839-05-18_9_11/page/n1/mode/2up?q=high-faluting