Does take a gander commonly mean take a chance? According to Lighter, the noun gander has two slang meanings: "a man, esp away from his home" and "a look " Amusingly, both Mathews and Lighter note that a gander party refers to the male equivalent of a hen party—a social gathering exclusively for men Presumably, at some point, socializing men decided that it was more dignified to be
What is the origin of have a gander? (When meaning look. ) GANDER-MONTH, s the month in which a man's wife is confined in lying in Egerton Leigh, A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire (1877) essentially repeats Wilbraham's wording for gander-month and adds two entries for gonder: GONDER, s —A gooseberry L GONDER s —A gander Also, a fool, "What a gonder thee art, Raphe!" L
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander [closed] This phrasing preserves the gender implied in the original idiom (gander is male, goose is female) If you want to say it without referring to gender, use: What is good for one is equally good for all
How should I address someone with a known name and unknown gender? Mx Smith, seems too much like Mr "X" It's easy to concoct alternatives, M? Smith, Mystery Smith, Hm Smith, but the problem is that formality itself implies sensitivity and shared customs, which requires knowledge of the other party, so lacking such knowledge the situation seems intrinsically impersonal and therefore pre-formal
Whats the origin of the word geezer? - English Language Usage . . . "Geezer" actually means an odd or eccentric man This word came from guise, which was: (in Scotland and N England) the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy dress, often with a mask, and visiting people's houses, esp at Halloween
british english - Whats the etymology of the military slang word . . . In the absence of a strong countervailing theory, anything is possible I suppose—including the possibility that what's jipper for the goose may be sipper for the gander In a much more recent treatment of jippo, Jonathon Green, Chambers Slang Dictionary (2008) parks his main entry under the spelling gypo: gypo n