Re: The obscure word of today: "threshole"

[Marius Hancu]

Stefan Ram wrote:
> I read the lyrics of a song in the Web:
>
> Must be the reason why I'm free in my threshole

See perhaps:
http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858540106/

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Marius Hancu

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 23:30:18 -0400, Marius Hancu <marius...@gmail.com>
wrote:

I have two thoughts about that use of "threshole".

It might be a misspelling or pronunciation spelling of "threshold".

"in my threshole" might mean "behind my door", that is "inside my own
castle". so that in the lyrics

Must be the reason why I'm king of my castle

Must be the reason why I'm free in my threshole

those two lines would be expressig the same idea.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

[Whiskers]

Having watched a couple of the YouTube videos
<https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=must+be+the+reason+why+i+am+king+of+my+castle>
I wonder if the song's words are meant to carry a sexual message,
particularly around the word 'hole'. (As far as I can make out the
vocals, the singer actually sings 'dress-hole' or 'tress-hole' rather
than 'threshole', but that may be accidental).

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[mrucb...@att.net]

Many 'lyric sites' have words submitted by fans and listeners, and they are
chock full of mondegreens. A few lyric sites and Youtube versions of the
song provide the lyrics with the words given as 'in my trapped sole'.
Listening to the words as pronounced in the song does not seem
conclusive to my ears. If the writer doesn't know how to spell threshold,
then maybe the vocalist doesn't know how to pronounce it, either. Hard to
say which is more likely to be the authoritative wording...

[Whiskers]

On 2017-04-09, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> I read the lyrics of a song in the Web:
>
> Must be the reason why I'm free in my threshole
>

> . The word »threshole« is so very rare, it's not
> in /any/ dictionary! So one would think it's a spelling
> error for »threshold« or nonsense. But I found this source:
>
> Yves Alain-Bois, "Threshole," in "Formless: A User's
> Guide to Entropy," ed. Yves Alain Bois and Rosalind
> Krauss, special issue, October, no. 78 (Fall 1996).
>
> This source indicates that Gordon Matta-Clark used the term
> »threshole« for one of his photographic works in 1973.
> (According to another source, the term has been coined
> by Yves Alain-Bois for Gordon Matta-Clark.)
>
> Gordon Matta-Clark used it to denote the removale of
> thresholds of apartments in abandoned buildings in the Bronx
> that he did without authorization as a work of art.
> He then made photographs of it, which are his actual products.
>
> So, that single word in the song is a very specific
> reference that, however, only few should be able to
> decipher. (This Usenet post of mine is the only source
> known to me that explains the connection between this
> song and Matta-Clark.)

I'm not convinced that there is any connection at all. Is there any
evidence that the writer of the song was aware of the photographic work?

You could correct the lack of dictionary entries here
<http://www.abbreviations.com/threshole>
Know the definition for THRESHOLE? Know the meaning of THRESHOLE?
Don't keep it to yourself! Add it HERE!

Or of course tell the OED.

[musika]

Other versions are:
Must be the reason why I'm free in my trapped soul.
Must be the reason why I'm freeing my trapped soul.

--
Ray
UK

[Whiskers]

Ah, we seem to be getting to where my ears are alight.