2009 TDPRI Giveaway Winners List is available HERE

TheGoodTexan · May 17th, 2005, 01:40 PM

xx

J-man · May 17th, 2005, 01:48 PM

I guess it means if you don't do it the first time you hit the ground and splat lol.

teleduster · May 17th, 2005, 01:50 PM

FELL swoop.

Skully · May 17th, 2005, 01:51 PM

It's a "fell swoop."

fell (fĕl)
adj.
Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.
Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.
Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.
Scots. Sharp and biting.

Mik · May 17th, 2005, 01:55 PM

What Skully wrote.

The term is "fell swoop".

It means very swiftly, suddenly and effectively, so all it takes is "one fell swoop". That's my take on it, in one fell swoop.

Here's another take, seems credible to me:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fel1.htm

Mik

mk · May 17th, 2005, 01:55 PM

Dunno, but outside of Nashville it's a "fell swoop."

The idiom probably comes from a seldom used, adjectival definition of "fell" as sinister, dire, or overwhelming.

mk · May 17th, 2005, 01:56 PM

so terribly slow I am....

;-(

Dave W · May 17th, 2005, 01:59 PM

Might be a good band name. Or an album title.

Bob Mc · May 17th, 2005, 02:15 PM

Joel Terry · May 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM

8)

Joel

Durtdog · May 17th, 2005, 02:43 PM

I usually hear it as "one swell foop".

maestrovert · May 17th, 2005, 02:52 PM

i always thought it was Lumberjack lingo.....
to fell a tree with one blow of the axe....

Twangmeister · May 17th, 2005, 02:58 PM

What a great link. I'm going to froward it to all the other folks in the English Department. Nothing like arcana to spice up dull faculty meetings! ;-)

TheGoodTexan · May 17th, 2005, 03:50 PM

xx

J-man · May 17th, 2005, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Ok all you smart guys. Then what's a swoop?

You're kidding right?

To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey.
To make a rush or an attack with or as if with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents.

v. tr.
To seize or snatch in or as if in a sudden sweeping movement.

n.
The act or an instance of swooping.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Middle English swopen, to sweep along, from Old English swpan, to sweep, swing.]

ye olde fretmonkey · May 17th, 2005, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Mc

"Whole nine yards" = WWII fighter pilots shooting the entire 9 yards of belted .50 cal ammo in one mission.

popthree · May 17th, 2005, 04:08 PM

SWELLED FOOP

warning, the foop ahead has swelled to dangerous proportions. proceed (or don't) with caution.

reverbbb · May 17th, 2005, 05:09 PM

Texan:

DUDE - You need to go have another beer and relax a bit

.

While your at it, don't forget to "knick-knack paddy-whack - give the dog a bone".

moondoggie999 · May 17th, 2005, 06:32 PM

pronouncing/writing it the way he would say it, with a southern accent, kinda like the way 0le Frizzy ah er I mean fuzzy writes things.

Right TGT? Right?

(go with me here, alright?)

Really then it should have been spelled "One Fail Schwoop" ...

lenny · May 17th, 2005, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

I know how we use it...."get rid of the whole bunch with one fail swoop"....But what is a fail swoop? Why does it usually only take one of them to get the job done?

I mean...you never hear anyone say, "If I had my way, I'd burn all the junk guitars in the world...and get rid of them in 12 fail swoops."

a "fail swoop" is where some really old eagle tries to catch a rabbit.. misses, and crashes on the ground, tumbling over and over

sparky · May 17th, 2005, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

I mean...you never hear anyone say, "If I had my way, I'd burn all the junk guitars in the world...and get rid of them in 12 fail swoops."

If you need twelve swoops, the first eleven weren't fell enough. :)

d. meyers · May 17th, 2005, 10:41 PM

And on a related note, what does it mean to have ones "boots blowed off" as in, "his pants was so tight, if'n he farted his boots'da blowed off?"

TheGoodTexan · May 17th, 2005, 11:11 PM

xx

popthree · May 18th, 2005, 12:17 AM

that reminds me of a movie...I think it was called 'airheads' or something like that...some guys (one of em was adam sandler) have a rock band called "the lone rangers" plural...har har.... and they take over a radio station by force in order to get airplay..... funny movie.

David Barnett · May 18th, 2005, 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Ok all you smart guys. Then what's a swoop?

Elmer Fudd's sailboat.

yegbert · May 18th, 2005, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

So now, I keep the good stuff to myself.... and my wife

So she's TheBadTexan? :)

TheGoodTexan · May 18th, 2005, 09:34 AM

xx

Joel Terry · May 18th, 2005, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

(My wife is) a native Tennessean....which is an extreme rareity. I think that Joel Terry and my wife are the only two people in Tennessee that were actually born in Tennessee.

Actually, I was born in Orlando, Florida, when my dad pastored a church down there for a couple of years. But I come from a long line of Tennesseans; in fact my older brother and younger brother were born here in Nashville. But not me. :?

Joel

Poppatwang · May 18th, 2005, 10:14 AM

I thought that came from a full load of cement.

doogie · May 18th, 2005, 10:53 AM

Swoop = Elmer Fudd's sail boat

Lost_N_Austin · May 18th, 2005, 11:51 AM

We Sailed on the Swoop John B
My Gwand Pappy and me,
Awound this old town we did woam,
Dwinking all night
Got into a fight
I feel so bwoke up
I wanna go home - Elmer Fudd

Geo · May 18th, 2005, 02:29 PM

In one fell swoop I was off my chair and on the floor.....

unrelated,
Actually my wife is a Nashville native as well.
Me, I've just lived here in and around for 32 years
or so.

0le FUZZY · May 18th, 2005, 02:52 PM

<li>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!
<li>At's alst I kin say.
<li>Yew guys haff done quacked me up !!
<li>Thanx fur the laffs onna rain-knee day here in Kolly-for-knee-ya.

0le FUZZY

ddewerd · May 18th, 2005, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

<li>Yew guys haff done quacked me up !!

0le FUZZY

Man, that's Fup Duck

Cheers,
Doug

May 17th, 2005, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheGoodTexan Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: xx Posts: 5,539	xx xx Last edited by TheGoodTexan; January 31st, 2009 at 01:46 AM.

May 17th, 2005, 01:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 21 Posts: 7,382 19 Photos	I guess it means if you don't do it the first time you hit the ground and splat lol. __________________ "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

May 17th, 2005, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
teleduster Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2005 Location: arkansas Age: 57 Posts: 197	I thought it was FELL swoop. __________________ Dusty Rhodes

May 17th, 2005, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	What Skully wrote. The term is "fell swoop". It means very swiftly, suddenly and effectively, so all it takes is "one fell swoop". That's my take on it, in one fell swoop. Here's another take, seems credible to me: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fel1.htm Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

May 17th, 2005, 02:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bob Mc Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mo'town NJ Posts: 1,856	They gave you the whole nine yards this time! __________________ All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out. Mark Twain

May 17th, 2005, 01:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Skully Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Glamorous NoHo Posts: 4,869	It's a "fell swoop." fell (fĕl) adj. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance. Scots. Sharp and biting.

May 17th, 2005, 01:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
mk Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 253	Dunno, but outside of Nashville it's a "fell swoop." The idiom probably comes from a seldom used, adjectival definition of "fell" as sinister, dire, or overwhelming.

May 17th, 2005, 01:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
mk Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 253	so terribly slow I am.... ;-(

May 17th, 2005, 01:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dave W Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Guadalupe County, TX Age: 62 Posts: 2,038	Might be a good band name. Or an album title.

May 17th, 2005, 02:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
Joel Terry Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Old Hickory (Nashville), Tennessee, USA Age: 41 Posts: 4,680 17 Photos	There you have it, from soup to nuts. 8) Joel __________________ Currently reading: Jack Lord Was An Insufferable Ass; For Example, His Christmas Gift To The Cast And Crew Was Passing A Roll Of Clorets Mints Around: Bitter Recollections From The Set Of Hawaii Five-O by Kam Fong as Chin Ho

May 17th, 2005, 02:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Durtdog Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 3,902	I usually hear it as "one swell foop".

May 17th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 8,024	i always thought of it..... i always thought it was Lumberjack lingo..... to fell a tree with one blow of the axe....

May 17th, 2005, 02:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
Twangmeister Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lost Angeles, CA Posts: 1,378 11 Photos	Mik, Awesome Website!!! What a great link. I'm going to froward it to all the other folks in the English Department. Nothing like arcana to spice up dull faculty meetings! ;-) __________________ Preview my CD,Triple Double Take http://www.jeremendelsohn.com

May 17th, 2005, 03:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
TheGoodTexan Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: xx Posts: 5,539	xx Last edited by TheGoodTexan; January 31st, 2009 at 01:46 AM.

May 17th, 2005, 04:08 PM	#17 (permalink)
popthree Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Springs, Okay ? Age: 44 Posts: 3,494 50 Photos	SWELLED FOOP warning, the foop ahead has swelled to dangerous proportions. proceed (or don't) with caution. __________________ http://www.reverbnation.com/thebonanzalunchbox

May 17th, 2005, 05:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
reverbbb Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Just Plano, Texas Age: 51 Posts: 3,862 38 Photos	Texan: DUDE - You need to go have another beer and relax a bit . While your at it, don't forget to "knick-knack paddy-whack - give the dog a bone". __________________ "I come here to reflect a little."™ Buffalo Blues Band

May 17th, 2005, 06:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
moondoggie999 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pleasanton, CA Age: 41 Posts: 492 3 Photos	I thought The Good Texan was just pronouncing/writing it the way he would say it, with a southern accent, kinda like the way 0le Frizzy ah er I mean fuzzy writes things. Right TGT? Right? (go with me here, alright?) Really then it should have been spelled "One Fail Schwoop" ... __________________ You start off playing guitar to get chicks and end up talking with middle-aged men about your fingernails - Ed Gerhard

May 17th, 2005, 10:41 PM	#22 (permalink)
d. meyers Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: PDX OR Posts: 466 8 Photos	And on a related note, what does it mean to have ones "boots blowed off" as in, "his pants was so tight, if'n he farted his boots'da blowed off?"

May 17th, 2005, 11:11 PM	#23 (permalink)
TheGoodTexan Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: xx Posts: 5,539	xx Last edited by TheGoodTexan; January 31st, 2009 at 01:46 AM.

May 18th, 2005, 12:17 AM	#24 (permalink)
popthree Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Springs, Okay ? Age: 44 Posts: 3,494 50 Photos	that reminds me of a movie...I think it was called 'airheads' or something like that...some guys (one of em was adam sandler) have a rock band called "the lone rangers" plural...har har.... and they take over a radio station by force in order to get airplay..... funny movie. __________________ http://www.reverbnation.com/thebonanzalunchbox

May 18th, 2005, 09:34 AM	#27 (permalink)
TheGoodTexan Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: xx Posts: 5,539	xx Last edited by TheGoodTexan; January 31st, 2009 at 01:47 AM.

May 18th, 2005, 10:14 AM	#29 (permalink)
Poppatwang Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,100 13 Photos	The whole nine yards. I thought that came from a full load of cement. __________________ The Dieselfitters http://www.dieselfitters.com Roy Hubbs http://www.royhubbs.com

May 18th, 2005, 10:53 AM	#30 (permalink)
doogie Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 129	That is funny David Swoop = Elmer Fudd's sail boat

May 18th, 2005, 11:51 AM	#31 (permalink)
Lost_N_Austin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Some Beach Age: 67 Posts: 1,498	Swoop John B We Sailed on the Swoop John B My Gwand Pappy and me, Awound this old town we did woam, Dwinking all night Got into a fight I feel so bwoke up I wanna go home - Elmer Fudd __________________ The ignore feature is a wonderful thing!

May 18th, 2005, 02:29 PM	#32 (permalink)
Geo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hendersonville, TN Age: 60 Posts: 2,618 15 Photos	In one fell swoop I was off my chair and on the floor..... unrelated, Actually my wife is a Nashville native as well. Me, I've just lived here in and around for 32 years or so. __________________ "Somewhere between culture and agriculture"

2009 TDPRI Giveaway Winners List is available HERE

IMPORTANT:Treat everyone here with respect, no matter how difficult! No sex, drug, political, religion or hate discussion permitted here.

May 18th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#33 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 9,999 6 Photos	<li>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !! <li>At's alst I kin say. <li>Yew guys haff done quacked me up !! <li>Thanx fur the laffs onna rain-knee day here in Kolly-for-knee-ya. 0le FUZZY