[Lucky duck]

i dont find meaning for the word Lucky Duck in MS Word

[ChrisM]

A medium sized aquatic bird that has come into some good fortune??

"Lucky duck" Lucky duck @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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i dont find meaning for the word Lucky Duck in MS Word

[TF]

It isn't a word, it is two words. Try typing it into Google for its meaning
and origins.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Lucky duck" Lucky duck @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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:i dont find meaning for the word Lucky Duck in MS Word

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

And if you find the definition, then you are one.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
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It isn't a word, it is two words. Try typing it into Google for its
meaning
and origins.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Lucky duck" Lucky duck @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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:i dont find meaning for the word Lucky Duck in MS Word

[Robert]

Here is from
http://p211.ezboard.com/fwordorigins...14087.topi c:

"It rhymes. (Well, the roots do.)
Moreover, "duck" has a substantial history of being used to refer to
persons: as a term of endearment as far back as Shakespeare's time, and as
a slang term equivalent to "fellow", "chap", or "guy", back to the mid-19th
century. "Lucky duck" isn't listed in the OED, so I don't have any evidence
as to first use (without investing more time than I'm willing to in
searching old publications) but it seems to me that it's just an example of
the latter slang use, probably persisting because the rhyme makes it
euphonious, as DW points out. There's also the expression "odd duck",
meaning a strange or eccentric person, which seems to be another
manifestation of the same sense of "duck" = person."
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Cheers
Robert

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:09:01 -0700, Lucky duck wrote:

i dont find meaning for the word Lucky Duck in MS Word