meaning - Where does "funk" and/or "funky" come from and why …
Dec 9, 2023 · funky "old, musty," in reference to cheeses, then "repulsive," from funk ["bad smell," 1620s, from dialectal Fr. funkière "smoke"]. It began to develop an approving sense in jazz …
What is the most professional name for "squiggly bracket"?
Aug 8, 2010 · The Chicago Manual of Style refers to them as "braces". 6.102 "Braces, {}, often called curly brackets, provide yet another option for enclosing data and are used in various …
What is the origin of the phrase "hunky dory"?
Feb 8, 2011 · Nobody really knows. There's no agreed derivation of the expression 'hunky-dory'. It is American and the earliest example of it in print that I have found is from a collection of US …
Substitute for F*** in emphasizing disbelief, anger, etc
Oct 7, 2012 · You are right. I probably choose your answer as the right one. But I guess I am going to leave this open for a while in case someone offers a creative and funny one. I once …
Origin of current slang usage of the word 'sick' to mean 'great'?
This question ought to be reopened, because the current answers are basically wrong. Whether or not other usage in youth culture pre-dates it, sick became slang for pretty much the …
A word for something that is, "Bizarre" but, "Beautiful"
May 26, 2024 · Is there a word that describes something that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc. but also beautiful, wonderful, amazing, fantastic, etc.? Example: a word to describe a place …
Origin of “as all get out” meaning “to the utmost degree”
Here is the entry for all get-out in Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944):. all get-out. 1. To an extreme degree; —used with like or as.
Where does the slang word "bad" + "ass" (badass) come from?
Aug 31, 2014 · The earliest bad-ass. According the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1994), the word bad-ass is attested first as an adjective (1955), then as a …
"Who of you" vs "which of you" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jan 4, 2016 · The funky gibbon. The two long 'o's in 'who' and 'you' are separated by a single short word also beginning with 'o'. Moreover, there are no hard consonants or sibilants to …
More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, …
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