What is a Bosier?

[hm_murdock]

Does anybody know what a bosier is?

bosier (boh-zhur) n. some damn thing that Jim doesn't know.

it's gotta be something... they named a freakin' city after it!

[TheQuirk]

A bossier is a cow.

[Pissed_Macman]

quote:No entry found for bosier.

"If it is not in the archives, then it does not exist."
--Episode II

[The Anti-Microsoft]

"Someone erased it from the memory archive."

[hm_murdock]

hmm... I gotta talk to the boss on this one

Hey, Palpie, what is thy bidding, my master?

[TheQuirk]

quote:Originally posted by TheQuirk:
A bossier is a cow.

Are you sure it had only one s?

[hm_murdock]

I don't know, honestly. I know there's a place.

it may be bossier...

[xyle_one]

maybe its just a "more bossy than you" kind of word. Like crap=>crappier. boss=>bosier. more boss. Ah. it means cool   :cool:

[ October 24, 2003: Message edited by: Ecsyle ]

[Pissed_Macman]

Bosier is the name of a city. What makes you think it's a word? I live in a town called Enumclaw but I'm not looking it up in the dictionary or anything (actually it's a muckleshoot word that means land of evil spirits)

EDIT: Just a thought: A lot of coties in the US are French words and Bosier sounds like it could be French. Any French speakers here know?

[ October 24, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: Has twice Laukev7's posts ]

[Laukev7]

quote:Originally posted by Macman: Has twice Laukev7's posts:
Bosier is the name of a city. What makes you think it's a word? I live in a town called Enumclaw but I'm not looking it up in the dictionary or anything (actually it's a muckleshoot word that means land of evil spirits)

EDIT: Just a thought: A lot of coties in the US are French words and Bosier sounds like it could be French. Any French speakers here know?

[ October 24, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: Has twice Laukev7's posts ]

It's 'Bossier', and yes, it's a French word. Its meaning is not obvious, though, as the word is quite archaic; it's not even in any of my dictionaries. It sounds like the word 'bosse', which is French for 'bump'.

After inquiries (ie. google), I found that 'bossier' is a variant of the word 'bosselier', which can either mean:

1) Glass blower who makes round shapes;
2) Manufacturer of horse blinkers;
3) Labourer who packs salt in barrels;

You can check for yourselves at my sources:

http://www.vieuxmetiers.org/lettre_b.htm#bosselier
http://www.afg-2000.org/manuel_genealogie/metiers/b.html

[hm_murdock]

it makes sense that it would be French, since Bossier City is in Louisiana!