The shut up story

[mona1610]

In my infinite weirdness this morning, i mulled over my most overused word, "Shut Up". Well, technically speaking, those are two words, but I digress. So why is shut up shut up, and not like shut down. It probably originated from 'Shut your mouth' and therein lies the directional importance. The mouth, of which the lower jaw is more flexible, is

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[anupma]

Gappa bus!!

If Gappa means quiet then is that why gol gappas are called so? If you have one in your mouth, you cannot do anything but stay quiet. :p

I am going nuts, so excuse the insanity of this comment. Will write to explain the going nuts part. :)

[mona1610]

LoL! trust you to come up with something so inane!! :P

that said, i'd like to be silenced with gol gappas anyday rather than the other 'gappa'! :)

[navina]

ha ha ha!

No, you can't make me . . . shut up, I mean :-P

[mona1610]

there's one word for everyone of us! once a upon time, mine used to be 'candy'! ;)

[minn]

Alas, I don't know any other variations of the mighty silencer, but I really enjoyed this post. 'Twas a fascinating read. :)

[mona1610]

glad you enjoyed it! and its so good to have you back! :)

[anonymous]

Made me smile, this did. How've you been?

- Harris
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[mona1610]

apart from this miserable year, i've been good. Glad to see you around! :)

[mona1610]

:P

the bengali version will be well used! :) and i did think of "Khaamosh", but it reminded me of "KHAAMOSH GUSTAKH" from the very imposing Prithviraj Kapoor from Mughal-e-Azam! but now that i think of it, it can be well used too! ;)