Talk:Crumb

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I believe that the expression "Crumbs" as an expletive is derived from an Irish expression "The Curse of Cromwell on You". This was then shortened to the expletive "Crummell" which was again shortened to "Crumbs"

My Grandmother who was born in 1894 and had Irish connections used the expression Crummell frequently as a mild expletive John Atkins

What's the evidence for this derivation? Chambers Dictionary says that "crumbs" is a "euphemism for Christ". Gdr 20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Shouldn't there be a page for the "rarely used term for two computer bits"? It just seems to me that even if it is hardly ever used, it is linked to on the bit page, and since a disambiguation page is for finding what you were looking for instead of giving you information, it seems like there should be a page for informational purposes that pages can link to. Flashcry 02:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

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