Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 21:07     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
hunker down you harry dog!
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 19:38     Subject: Re:Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
I like this explanation:

http://underthenews.blogspot.com/2005/09/origins-of-hunker-down.html

related to the word to squat...
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 19:09     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
Believed to be of Scottish origin, 18th century.

Popularized by President Johnson.
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 18:54     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
I find it annoying
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 17:57     Subject: Re:Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
i believe Jim Cantore started using it and everyone is copying it...
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 11:30     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
wikipedia has an entry on it
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 11:23     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
From "bunker down" but now more people do not have bunker access. Just a guess though.
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2012 11:20     Subject: Where did the phrase "hunker down" come from, anyway?
I think I've heard it more in the past 24 hours than in the past year.