collop / lollop
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prettygoodwordcollop (KOL-uhp) - n., a small slice or piece, especially of meat; a fold of fat flesh.
lollop (LOL-uhp) - v., to walk with a relaxed bouncing or bobbing motion.
So one should not ask for a lollop of ham. I'm including these as a confusable doublets because, well, I've been known to confuse them. Collop dates back to the 14th century, of uncertain origin but possibly a Scandinavian language as several have cognates. Lollop dates from around 1740, composed of loll, to move with a lazy motion + -op, on the pattern of gallop but with the opposite meaning.
---L.
lollop (LOL-uhp) - v., to walk with a relaxed bouncing or bobbing motion.
So one should not ask for a lollop of ham. I'm including these as a confusable doublets because, well, I've been known to confuse them. Collop dates back to the 14th century, of uncertain origin but possibly a Scandinavian language as several have cognates. Lollop dates from around 1740, composed of loll, to move with a lazy motion + -op, on the pattern of gallop but with the opposite meaning.
---L.
