I won't argue APAR nor SPOOL, which is one acronym that is more meaningful than its deriving phrase, Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line, but I will have to question Cadaver. According to the OED, Cadaver in English is derived from the Latin word for a dead body, related to to cadere, to fall....as in "drop dead". A quick search of the WWW shows that Wiktionary...an irrefutable source!...has the following:
"From the Latin verb cadō (“I fall”), as a euphemism for dying, "the fallen one". This etymology is found as early as ca. 200 CE in the writings of Tertullian, who associated cadaver to cadendo : Atque adeo caro est quae morte subruitur, ut exinde a cadendo cadaver enuntietur. (Tertullian, De Resurrectione Carnis). A folk etymology derives cadaver syllabically from the Latin expression caro data vermibus. This etymology, more popular in Romance countries, can be traced back as early as the Schoolmen of the Middle Ages." Now, let's move on to "gringo". ;-)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
