Timeline for Word for small junk items in household
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| Oct 23, 2012 at 20:37 | comment | added | Fuhrmanator | @PSU the literal maritime definitions can even have legal meaning, which is why I suggested a figurative usage. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 20:19 | comment | added | PSU | I thought flotsam was the stuff still floating, and jetsam was the stuff that had actually washed up. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 14:58 | comment | added | Roddy of the Frozen Peas | Unfortunately for those of us who grew up in coastal areas, "flotsam and jetsam" mean the nasty stuff that washes up on the beaches: trash, plastic rings from soft drinks, sea weed, drift wood. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 5:33 | comment | added | Souta | +1 This is what I call 'outside the box'. Great suggestion! | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 4:51 | history | answered | Fuhrmanator | CC BY-SA 3.0 |