Shindig

Well, I'd never heard of the word before! So I got out the ol' dictionary, and had a look: Shindig, or Shindy, slang, 1. A noisy party, dance, etc, 2. a quarrel or commotion. A 19th Century Derivative of SHINTY.

So... what is Shinty? Again, the jolly dictionary: Shinty (USA shinny) 1. A simple form of hocky placed with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end. 2 the stick used in this game. 3. to play shinty. A 17th century word, probably derived from the cry "Shin Ye!" in the game.

The shin, of course, is the lower part of the leg, below the knee. In Old English, it was "scinu", which is related to the Old High German "scina" which means "needle", and a Norwegian dialect word "skina", which means small disc.

There we are then! Shindig. Wow.

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