Screw slang terms — are any socially acceptable? A SCREW, a Strumpet, a common Prostitute Assessment A review of late seventeenth instances (in Early English Books Online) of a screw, to screw, screwed, screw'd, and screwing turns up a number of instances in which these terms are used to indicate a ratcheting up, an attachment, an ingratiation, or a contortion or distortion
Origin of Screw the pooch - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Cowardice or loosing control due to fear was nicknamed screwing the pooch Gus Grissom always wanted to be a pilot He flew over 100 difficult combat missions in an F-86 in Korea, became a test pilot, and was chosen by Nasa as one of the seven original Mercury Astronauts in 1959
Screwed vs. nailed: why is the slang so different? I think the difference between the pleasantness of the two metaphors is that screwing is a slow torsion process, fighting friction all the way, whereas nailing is a linear projection of force, and quite rapid
Is I f*cked the dog an actual idiom and are there alternatives 29 "Fuck the dog" (or its milder variant, "screw the pooch") comes from an old joke There are various versions, but a drunk man ends up shooting the wife and screwing the pooch (instead of the other way around) Reddit It is certainly not about idleness, but epic failure to get a sequence right
Word for when you scrunch up your face in frustration I am trying to find the word for when you screw up your face in annoyance, frustration exasperation or worry The phrase in which I want to use it is as follows: Ryan
I screwed up vs Im screwing up - English Language Usage Stack . . . I'm still screwing up " He's talking about how he failed as a father Usually when people say "I'm leaving""I am going to the movies this afternoon", they're talking the things they're about to do So I am a little confused here If what he's trying to say is that he used to be a bad father, is it okay to simply say "I screwed up"?