Sunday, October 2, 2022

Sunday Strange : Hobson Jobson Gone Wrong (Viewer Discretion Advised)

 Hobson-Jobson (countable and uncountable, plural Hobson-Jobsons)


(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.

Etymology -  Derived from adapting the call Hassan! Hussein! (حَسَن حُسَيْن‎ (ḥasan ḥusayn).

 



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