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- What is the etymology of dope meaning excellent, great . . . - slang
Dope is a rather new slang word that is used to define someone or something excellent, great, impressive OED says that it is originally in African-American usage and chiefly among rap musicians and
- Etymology: Dope - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Dope in the sense of information, particularly information that isn’t widely known or easily obtained, came directly from this practice A whisper from the stables or some confederate telling a gambler which horses were being drugged was potentially worth a lot of money, so dope came to mean knowledge that drugs had been employed
- What is the etymology behind the phrase bad dope?
Dope-fiend is attested from 1896 I am assuming that by bad dope you mean nothing more than bad drugs and from that standpoint I don't think there is a separate etymology for the pair It'd be the same as asking for the etymology of brick house
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Fire as a slang adjective appears to be the bleeding-edge version of "cool " To some extent, the word appears to be interchangeable with dope One thing that seems odd to me is that it often seem
- What do you call slapping someone at the back of their head
Dope slap is the most common expression I know for striking someone in the back of the head with an open palm The b -expression, which I will not repeat, usually refers to a different kind of strike, typically a backhand across the face (or am I thinking of the pimp slap?)
- 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 opposite of what it traditionally means in the late '90s in South London, with predominantly black kids into the 'grime' music scene, which in turn spawned the 'dubstep' music scene Dubstep has since become popular
- idioms - Money for rope . . . meaning and derivation? - English . . .
I was listening to John Lennon's song "Gimme Some Truth" just now, and in it there's a recurring line: " money for rope " I never thought about it much before, but it strikes me this has to
- Term for when a negative word is used positively?
geek (see ‘Word Story’ notes) nerd wicked (the) dog's bollocks sick bad, badass dope In linguistics, amelioration is the upgrading or elevation of a word's meaning, as when a word with a negative sense develops a positive one Also called melioration or elevation Amelioration is less common than the opposite historical process, called
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