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Somebody smashes something to smithereens. What the heck is a smithereen?

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Posted - June 5, 2020
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  • 53524

     

      That’s just like those darn whippersnappers to come over to my yard and smash things to. . . hey, wait. Exactly what the heck in carnation tarnation is a whippersnapper anyway?  Grrrrrr. 


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    This post was edited by Randy D at June 6, 2020 3:04 PM MDT
      June 5, 2020 8:08 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Randy - "tarnation," not carnation!
      June 5, 2020 9:35 PM MDT
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  • 53524
    Oops!
      June 5, 2020 9:36 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    My mother called my husband a whippersnapper when he and I were dating.  We still laugh about that one.
      June 6, 2020 2:56 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    What and where is "tarnation?"
      June 6, 2020 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 4624

    smithereens
    /ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz/
    noun
    INFORMAL
    plural noun: smithereens; plural noun: smithers
    1. small pieces.
      "a grenade blew him to smithereens"
       
    Origin
    early 19th century: probably from Irish smidirín .
      June 5, 2020 8:10 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    A smithereen is an object, usually an antique kind of vase or something, that can disintegrate into smaller particles called 'smithereens'.
      June 5, 2020 9:40 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Wait a sec. How can a smithereen disintegrate into smithereens?
      June 6, 2020 3:06 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    I guess each molecule is an individual smithereen.
      June 6, 2020 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    So you answered your own question.
      June 6, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Oh. I would delete the question but I got lots of answers and credits.
      June 6, 2020 5:01 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Usually by smashing into a hard surface such as a floor. 
      June 6, 2020 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 10662

    A smithereen is 6 smithers (metric)

      June 5, 2020 11:13 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    A smithereen (is more than one) smithereens, are small pieces of something that is broken.  This post was edited by Art Lover at June 6, 2020 3:05 PM MDT
      June 5, 2020 11:36 PM MDT
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  • 7408
    I think it‘s a character on The cartoon show Simpson’s. 
      June 6, 2020 9:29 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Are you sure that this word is not a fragment of your imagination...it's a smashing word I know.  :) 
      June 6, 2020 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably little pieces
      June 13, 2020 4:49 PM MDT
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