Cheapass Survey

[gfish]

Quick little linguistics survey while I watch over this lab section.

1) Do you know what 'gorp' is?

2) Is it a term you would actually use, should you be talking about the subject in question?

3) Where are you from?

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

I do know what it is, but I didn't run across it until I met Cass, who was born and raised in Chicago. I grew up in Maryland, myself.

When I was in college, I noticed at one point that Websters didn't know the derivation of the word, and it suggested that maybe it was onomatopoetic for the noise you made eating it. I spent several weeks trying to figure out how to write in to them and explain.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

What is the word's derivation? Is it an acronym?

[rollick.livejournal.com]

According to Cass, at least, it's an acronym for "good ol' raisins & peanuts."