Actually doesn't the cliché "The real McCoy" go back to Ireland and the Leprechauns? The leprechauns as the tale goes would protect gold and sometimes what was thought to be gold was actually fool’s gold aka as NOT the real McCoy. Can someone tell me if McCoy was a name for a Leprechaun? I guess I should have realized that leprechauns had a punching style, and were into distilling liquor. Lol
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Rabid Weasle Lawson <lawson@...> wrote:
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 18:19 +0000, d_rock19128 wrote:
> This punch was so effective for Kid > McCoy, that other boxers of the day started to use his name. Hence the > phrase, "The real McCoy".
That's interesting. The etymology I heard for "The real McCoy" was that it came from a bootlegger of high-quality liquor named McCoy during the Prohibition.
Looks like even the experts are uncertain and have just decided to give credit to both:
============== Dear Yahoo!: Where did the expression "the real McCoy" come from? James Orangeville, California Dear James: Unfortunately, this is one of those puzzling questions without a definitive answer. A number of different theories attempt to explain the origin of
the phrase.
Two of the most popular theories revolve around alcohol. One suggests that the original saying was "the real MacKay," an advertising slogan that appeared in 1856 for a Scottish whiskey. Eventually, this saying supposedly evolved to "the real McCoy" in the United States. The second alcohol-related theory poses that Bill McCoy was a bootlegger in the U.S. during Prohibition. Hence real booze became known as "the real McCoy."
Others claim the saying refers to Elijah McCoy, an engineer born in 1844. He invented the self-regulating lubricator, which revolutionized the industrial machine and railroad industry. Because his product was so reliable and many inferior products were produced, buyers of the lubricator would ask, "Is this the real McCoy?"
Yet another explanation centers on welterweight boxer Norman Selby, also known as "Kid McCoy." Reportedly, a blow from the boxer left one victim proclaiming, "It's the real
McCoy!"
Although these are the most oft-repeated, they are by no means the only possibilities. Chances are we'll never know the origin of this curious expression for certain so pick your favorite story and make your case. ==============
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