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[RStar]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hector? Do you mean Hannibal Lecter?

And yes, "row" (pronounced like "ow") is a British term for a fight.

Yes. Where the Hector did I get that??

The British have interesting terms. I wonder where "row" came from?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by RStar

I wonder where "row" came from?

According to the online dictionaries the etymology of this usage is unknown (and almost certainly unrelated to the nautical sense of row). Some suggest that it may be a formation based on "rouse."