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Grammarians, help me out: "upper crest" vs. "upper crust"?
I'm currently involved in a conversation about word and phrase origins, and I pointed out that "upper crust," though in common usage, is wrong, and that it is a corruption of the correct term, which is "upper crest." Sadly, I can not find a reference to cite. I do recall reading about this somewhere or other, but I can't recall where I read it. Am I imagining things?
wanderingraccoon, thank you for your efforts, but that first link you cited does not at all prove my case, as it contains no reference to the term "upper crest."
As for that second link, that is the very conversation in which I am currently embroiled!
Thanks again, though....
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You're correct.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/upper-crust.htm...
there's also a discussion about it a few posts down in this forum: http://www.maclife.com/forums/post/1724835
- rtrentmartinLv 51 decade ago
I've always heard "upper crust". Neither one makes a lot of sense to me, though!
