[ic] KitchenSink

[Dan Browning]

At 01:50 AM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Bundle::InterchangeKitchenSink
>A bundle of most all the modules nice to have for Interchange. A lot of=
 stuff.
>
>Where did the name KitchenSink come from..
>
>Ven

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=3Dkitchen%20sink

<quote>
1 entry found for kitchen sink.

kitchen sink

n : a sink in a kitchen
Source: WordNet =AE 1.6, =A9 1997 Princeton University
</quote>

I would have thought the dictionary would have been more help :-), but I=20
can't find a dictionary for "weird expressions of American English."  I=20
guess the name comes from the expression: "everything but the kitchen=20
sink", i.e. just about everything.  I imagine that the name is to convey=20
its lack of necessity.  :-)

+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Dan Browning, Kavod Technologies <db@kavod.com>
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"... After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known
quotations."
                 -- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare