From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!harkins Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: juggernaut Article-I.D.: cires.1977 Posted: Tue Jan 25 14:42:22 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 06:48:16 1983 re: juggernaut's origin; as i recall it, it's from the sanscrit; relates to a festival for a hindu god Jagganath (sp?); the extremely fervent would throw themselves under the wheels of a sort of parade float, proving their devoutness; over time, usage came to refer to the large wheeled thing as 'juggernaut' that they threw themselves under... ernie harkins how 'bout this one: bizarre (one of my favorites)