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  • etymology - Why did the word, “shellac” come to mean “to defeat . . .
    An opposing sports team, a disobedient child, and apparently an incumbent president were thus liable to a series of rapid slaps like someone shellacking a boat or panelled room In this usage, it really is the process of shellacking that gave rise to its metaphorical slang use, not, as with the 1920 drunks, some quality of shellac itself
  • in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at individual times, plus at night The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952
  • What is the correct abbreviation for the word numbers?
    What is the correct abbreviation for the words numbers and number? Nos No Nos No Possible example usage: "Number of guests" where the word number is abbreviated "Numbers 10–15 are located in the
  • What is the origin of the word whitewash in the context of sports?
    The term whitewash is used in sports to describe a situation where the opponents are beaten in a series of matches failing to register a single win Merriam-Webster defines it as :- to hold (an
  • meaning - Is it chalk it up to or chock it up to? - English . . .
    Robert Rubin, Going to Hell in a Hen Basket: An Illustrated Dictionary of Modern Malapropisms (2015) has this discussion of "chalk-full" and "chock it up to": chalk-full V: chock it up to Confuses chockfull with chalk it up to Chock-full is an old phrase, perhaps coming from choke-full or full to choking Chalk it up to comes from chalk tally marks on a slate Chock marks indicate where to
  • phrase meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Here is the entry for the Heinlein quotation in The Yale Dictionary of Modern Proverbs (2012), giving the context for the quotation: Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time, and it annoys the pig 1973 Robert A Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (New York: G P Putnam's Sons) 51: " [A] fool cannot be protected from his folly If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his
  • A word to express by a large margin, especially in context of a . . .
    Consider the following sentence Team A defeated team B by a large margin How can I succinctly express that in the end, one opponent scored a lot more than the other? I thought of easily and
  • songs - Who are bully boys in sea shanties? - English Language . . .
    In various sea shanties the term " bully boys " comes up now and again Here for example in The Wellerman, first verse: There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh) Or in the title and text of Blow, my bully boys, blow, for which I have trouble finding the lyrics currently, but there is
  • Which term is correct — Afghan or Afghani?
    I was talking with a friend who told me that Afghani is an offensive term for someone from Afghanistan, and that I should use Afghan instead Is Afghani actually an offensive term?
  • punctuation - Why is there a slash within n a? - English Language . . .
    The important thing to note is that these abbreviations are much more common in handwritten correspondence than they are online c o is often used when addressing post to someone via a third party, and w and w o are common written shorthand for with and without It was quite common in older written texts to abbreviate words using some identifying letters and a line, for example: w— for with





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