2006-07-12 12:28:43 · 9 answers · asked by Rokko 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Well one morning the Smiths woke up. They decided to eat sardines. But they had a teenager who was spoiled brat and he did not want sardines so he smashed the sardines and the rest of the Smith's so the Smith's and Sardines were smashed and people started saying they were smashed to sardines then someone combined the two words and this famous crime gave us one of the most well known slang terms.
2006-07-12 12:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smitherines I believe refer to tiny sharp fragments of any object that has been as stated in the question above, smashed. You smash something into smithereens because you want to obtain the smallest and most fragmented peices possible.
2006-07-12 19:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smitherines do not exist. Therefor, if you smash something to smitherines, then you have smashed it to the point that it no longer exists.
2006-07-12 19:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfman_5_5_5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: smith·er·eens
Pronunciation: "smi-[th]&-'rEnz
Function: noun plural
Etymology: perhaps from Irish smidirÃnÃ
: FRAGMENTS, BITS
In other words, your smashing things to the size of smithereens (fragments, bits). There are lots of reasons why you smash something to smithereens - for example., to make something easier to dispose of.
2006-07-12 19:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by TrippingJudy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from the word detective (pretty cool):
" "Smithereens" first appeared in English in 1829 in the form "smiddereens," and most likely was borrowed from the Irish "smidirin," meaning "small bit or fragment."
" I would hazard a guess that the success of "smithereens" as a popular word derives at least in part from the "echoic" sound of the word itself. It's easy to imagine, for example, a waiter dropping a tray of plates and the bits of china making a ringing "een" sound as they scatter across the floor and bounce off nearby diners (who might make "een" sounds themselves). "
you learn something new everyday.
2006-07-12 19:36:17 · answer #5 · answered by thirty-one characters 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: smith·er·eens
Pronunciation: "smi-[th]&-'rEnz
Function: noun plural
Etymology: perhaps from Irish smidirÃnÃ
: FRAGMENTS, BITS
2006-07-12 19:33:04 · answer #6 · answered by ldylopes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smitherines is a misspelled word.
2006-07-12 19:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Just Ask 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tiny little pieces...very tiny pieces...as for smashing them well they have to get small somehow....its good for frustration....and its sounds pretty cool if you lay the right accent down with it
2006-07-12 19:32:02 · answer #8 · answered by firestoneasetech 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gemmy, you are a gem!
2006-07-12 19:38:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋