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chained_bear commented on the word pipsi
"pipsi, n, also pipsey, pipshy, pipshi; Peacock, English-Eskimo Dictionary 225 Fish, dried: pipsi; Labrador Inuit 101 pitsik 'dried fish.' Cod-fish and trout preserved by drying in the sun and wind without salt.
1771 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 138 I was greatly pleased with the Eskimo method of curing cofish without salt; which, in that state, they call pipshy. The fish is split down the back, the bone taken out, and the thick parts scored down to the skin, an inch asunder; two of them are then fastened together by their tails, and hung across a pole to dry in the open air. ...
1977 Inuit Land Use 123 Char caught in the spring make the best dried fish (pipsi); later in summer, their flesh is more oily, and it quickly becomes rancid if left long in the sun."
—Dictionary of Newfoundland English
January 27, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word pipsi
Is this the etymology of pipsiculture?
January 27, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pipsi
This sounds way better than "dried fish." :-)
January 27, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pipsi
Dunno, Pro! I'll check OED tomorrow (unless someone beats me to it).
January 27, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pipsi
Damn. It took me about twelve hours to get that joke.
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January 27, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pipsi
Happens to the best of us, c_b.
January 27, 2009