Mespotn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛspɒt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛspɑt/

Forms: 1900s– Mespot, 1900s– Messpot.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Mesopotamia n.

Etymology: Shortened < Mesopotamia n. Perhaps compare mess pot n. at mess n.¹ Compounds 1b.Originally officers' slang, especially among R.A.F. officers serving in Iraq and the Middle East between 1915 and c1960. E. Fraser & J. Gibbons ( Soldier & Sailor Words & Phrases (1925) 155) also note a different shortening, Mesop, and its humorous alteration, Mess-up.

slang (chiefly Military). Now archaic.

Mesopotamia (as the place of a tour of duty).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > Mesopotamia

Mespot1917

1917 To-Day 6 Jan. 246/3 Mesopotamia.—So you call it the ‘Mess-pot’, do you?

1918 G. Bell Let. 4 May (1927) II. xvii. 457 Things grew as you watched them and the Mespot nightingales shouted through the orchards.

1920 Sat. Rev. 3 July 4/1 The ‘Messpot’ madness.

1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. iii. 107 What front were you on—the Western, Palestine, Mespot?

1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship viii. 48 Mr. Whipple..had gone off and joined the army and had done his bit in Mespot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mespot
释义	Mespotn. Brit. /ˈmɛspɒt/, U.S. /ˈmɛspɑt/ Forms: 1900s– Mespot, 1900s– Messpot. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Mesopotamia n. Etymology: Shortened < Mesopotamia n. Perhaps compare mess pot n. at mess n.¹ Compounds 1b.Originally officers' slang, especially among R.A.F. officers serving in Iraq and the Middle East between 1915 and c1960. E. Fraser & J. Gibbons ( Soldier & Sailor Words & Phrases (1925) 155) also note a different shortening, Mesop, and its humorous alteration, Mess-up. slang (chiefly Military). Now archaic. Mesopotamia (as the place of a tour of duty). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > Mesopotamia Mespot1917 1917 To-Day 6 Jan. 246/3 Mesopotamia.—So you call it the ‘Mess-pot’, do you? 1918 G. Bell Let. 4 May (1927) II. xvii. 457 Things grew as you watched them and the Mespot nightingales shouted through the orchards. 1920 Sat. Rev. 3 July 4/1 The ‘Messpot’ madness. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. iii. 107 What front were you on—the Western, Palestine, Mespot? 1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship viii. 48 Mr. Whipple..had gone off and joined the army and had done his bit in Mespot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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