Off to a Flying Start » pony up http://offtoaflyingstartpress.com Horsing Around the Language -- The Book, the blog, and more. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pony Up http://offtoaflyingstartpress.com/2009/06/09/pony-up/ http://offtoaflyingstartpress.com/2009/06/09/pony-up/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:06:21 +0000 admin http://offtoaflyingstartpress.com/?p=112 There were a number of phrases that we thought about including in the book but in the end we did not.  Here is one:

Pony Up

There are different theories on the origin of this phrase, but the most common is that Pony refers to a small amount of money that must be paid. A Pony is a small or young horse. This fits with its widespread use in poker for putting your small ante in to join a game.

The phrase Pony Up might also come from the German ‘poniren,’ ‘to pay.’ A Pony is also used to describe a small alcoholic drink and there is the pony keg of beer.

Feel free to add your 2 cents.

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