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02/16/2005 Entry: "Dull as a Dishwasher"

Céline of Naked Translations wonders about this expression: as dull as dishwater/ditchwater. "I'll hazard a guess here: maybe, as populations became more urbanised, ditchwater turned into dishwater because washing the dishes was a much more familiar experience than peering into ditches, which are rather rare in towns. I bet you that before long, as dishwashers become more and more common in households, dishwater will turn into dishwasher, and then no-one will laugh at me because of it. Although they will probably have found something else."

I do get some unusual search hits because the word "naked" appears on my daily crawl list.