argle-bargle

English

Etymology

1808 Scots Language,[1][2][3] from earlier argle (16th century), presumably from argue +‎ -le (“(frequentative)”), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga[1] – possibly influenced by haggle[4] – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720).[3][5]

Noun

argle-bargle (countable and uncountable, plural argle-bargles)

(slang) A verbal argument.
- 1992, Rebecca Ward, Grand Deception (page 43)
  Wendell and I have had our share of argle-bargles about the morality of hunting.
- 2013, United States v. Windsor, 544 U.S. 744, 799 (2013) (Scalia, J., dissenting)
  As I have said, the real rationale of today’s opinion, whatever disappearing trail of its legalistic argle-bargle one chooses to follow, is that DOMA is motivated by '"bare . . . desire to harm"' couples in same-sex marriages.

Verb

argle-bargle (third-person singular simple present argle-bargles, present participle argle-bargling, simple past and past participle argle-bargled)

(slang) To argue.
- 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Captain Knuckles Under”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939, page 97:
  Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!

Derived terms

argle-bargle morble whoosh

Related terms

argie-bargie
argy-bargy
argol-bargol

References

John Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Tongue. p. 82
“Scalia's argle-bargle”, Ben Zimmer, Language Log, June 27, 2013
Words in the Courtroom, from Mobspeak to "Argle-Bargle", Ben Zimmer, Word Routes, June 27, 2013
Word Detective, Issue of January 5, 2006, “Put up your duke's.”, Evan Morris.
“But ’tis a Daffin to debate, / And aurgle-bargain with our Fate.” —Allan Ramsay, Poems, “The Rise and Fall of Stocks, 1720. An Epistle to the Right Honorable my Lord Ramsay.”, p. 270

[Jamieson-1] John Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Tongue. p. 82

[ZimmerLL-2] “Scalia's argle-bargle”, Ben Zimmer, Language Log, June 27, 2013

[ZimmerWR-3] Words in the Courtroom, from Mobspeak to "Argle-Bargle", Ben Zimmer, Word Routes, June 27, 2013

[Morris-4] Word Detective, Issue of January 5, 2006, “Put up your duke's.”, Evan Morris.

[5] “But ’tis a Daffin to debate, / And aurgle-bargain with our Fate.” —Allan Ramsay, Poems, “The Rise and Fall of Stocks, 1720. An Epistle to the Right Honorable my Lord Ramsay.”, p. 270

单词	argle-bargle
释义	argle-bargle English Etymology 1808 Scots Language,[1][2][3] from earlier argle (16th century), presumably from argue +‎ -le (“(frequentative)”), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga[1] – possibly influenced by haggle[4] – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720).[3][5] Noun argle-bargle (countable and uncountable, plural argle-bargles) (slang) A verbal argument. 1992, Rebecca Ward, Grand Deception (page 43) Wendell and I have had our share of argle-bargles about the morality of hunting. 2013, United States v. Windsor, 544 U.S. 744, 799 (2013) (Scalia, J., dissenting) As I have said, the real rationale of today’s opinion, whatever disappearing trail of its legalistic argle-bargle one chooses to follow, is that DOMA is motivated by '"bare . . . desire to harm"' couples in same-sex marriages. Verb argle-bargle (third-person singular simple present argle-bargles, present participle argle-bargling, simple past and past participle argle-bargled) (slang) To argue. 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Captain Knuckles Under”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939, page 97: Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word! Derived terms argle-bargle morble whoosh Related terms argie-bargie argy-bargy argol-bargol References John Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Tongue. p. 82 “Scalia's argle-bargle”, Ben Zimmer, Language Log, June 27, 2013 Words in the Courtroom, from Mobspeak to "Argle-Bargle", Ben Zimmer, Word Routes, June 27, 2013 Word Detective, Issue of January 5, 2006, “Put up your duke's.”, Evan Morris. “But ’tis a Daffin to debate, / And aurgle-bargain with our Fate.” —Allan Ramsay, Poems, “The Rise and Fall of Stocks, 1720. An Epistle to the Right Honorable my Lord Ramsay.”, p. 270
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