RHF wrote:

On Aug 29, 2:47 pm, wrote:

- Minneapolis/St.Paul is a million miles North of the Gulf Coast.
- They can go head on with their shindig.
- www.GulfCoastNews.com
- cuhulin

An 1859 dictionary of Americanisms indeed defined
SHINDIG as "a blow on the shins. Southern."
http://www.answers.com/topic/shindig

1859?
Bull crap.

Everyone KNOWS that Dick Clark invented the word in 1842. It was later
revived by Jimmy O'Neill for use on television.


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Main Entry:
shin·dig
Pronunciation:
\ˈshin-ˌdig\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
probably alteration of shindy
Date:
1842

1 a: a social gathering with dancing b: a usually large or lavish party

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shindig

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