Talk:beresque

RFV discussion: August–November 2019
Entered to mean berserk. Any takers? does not look promising. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:15, 24 August 2019 (UTC)


 * According to The Dinkum Dictionary, “‘Beresque’ for berserk is a similar but more recent joke which has proved popular”. That popularity may mostly be confined to Australian English. Google Groups gives more than 10 uses, ranging from 1999 to 2007, but no Google Book uses except for one in a self-published book. --Lambiam 09:17, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Are these quotations from Usenet? From Google groups, only Usenet is considered to be durably archived, from what I remember. (For some reason, the Google groups search does not work for me.) --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:43, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The groups are alt.english.usage, alt.fan.jennicam, alt.support.trauma-ptsd, aus.culture.gothic, aus.hi-fi, aus.radio.amateur.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, rec.audio.tubes, rec.puzzles.crosswords, soc.culture.jewish and uk.politics.misc. I think most or all are Usenet groups, but don’t know what would distinguish non-Usenet groups from Usenet groups. --Lambiam 20:47, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It was certainly in use in Australian English around 1979. But hearing it spoken is not the same as having an attestation. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:35, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed with the Usenet citations. Kiwima (talk) 23:38, 6 November 2019 (UTC)