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Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: hm_murdock on 24 October 2003, 01:36
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!
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: TheQuirk on 24 October 2003, 02:51
A bossier is a cow.
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 24 October 2003, 13:06
quote:
No entry found for bosier.


"If it is not in the archives, then it does not exist."
--Episode II
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: The Anti-Microsoft on 24 October 2003, 18:42
"Someone erased it from the memory archive."
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: hm_murdock on 24 October 2003, 22:35
hmm... I gotta talk to the boss on this one

Hey, Palpie, what is thy bidding, my master?
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: TheQuirk on 25 October 2003, 01:24
quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk:
A bossier is a cow.


Are you sure it had only one s?
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: hm_murdock on 25 October 2003, 01:59
I don't know, honestly. I know there's a place.

it may be bossier...
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: xyle_one on 25 October 2003, 02:13
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 ]

Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 25 October 2003, 02:58
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 ]

Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: Laukev7 on 25 October 2003, 06:38
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.vieuxmetiers.org/lettre_b.htm#bosselier)
http://www.afg-2000.org/manuel_genealogie/metiers/b.html (http://www.afg-2000.org/manuel_genealogie/metiers/b.html)
Title: What is a Bosier?
Post by: hm_murdock on 30 October 2003, 08:22
it makes sense that it would be French, since Bossier City is in Louisiana!