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- Etymology: Dope - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The OED itself does not explicitly comment on how the drug-related sense of "dope" developed, but the way in which the senses are organised implies a different theory: sense 3a (1851) is a "simpleton" or "fool" (or a person under the influence of drugs, with an 1866 quote describing a "dozened" "dope", where "dozened" means stupefied or
- 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?)
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To some extent, the word appears to be interchangeable with dope One thing that seems odd to me is that it often seems to occur next to the word "fam " I'm wondering what the relevance of this connection is Examples of "fire" This song is so fire My goodness Twitter; I play this tune more than once each day The whole Ep is fire!!! Twitter
- 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
- What does the phrase Does the Pope sh** in the woods? mean?
It is a mixture of two sayings meaning the same thing, mixed together for comedy value: Is the Pope Catholic? Do bears sh*t in the woods?
- How did phat come to be used in music as slang?
'Phat' in a musical context: a 'phat bass line' With regard to the posted question's focus on music-related use of phat, as in "a phat bass line," I note that—even in the mid-2000s (specifically 2005 and 2006)—slang dictionaries tended not to call out such use as entailing a special meaning, distinct from the meaning of phat in more general contexts
- idiom requests - Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of . . .
Rope-a-dope is a strategy Mohammed Ali (boxer) used to outfox his opponent, George Foreman, in a match called the Rumble in The Jungle He pretended to be beaten, falling on the ropes in the boxing ring so Foreman would pummel him But the ropes absorbed the shock, and Foreman got tired Ali won the match I like Torture by email Nice –
- “John Doe”, “Jane Doe” - Why are they used many times?
John Doe is very generic, rolls off the tongue, and in colloquy is not easily mistaken for a known person, like "John Smith" might be (there was at least one very famous John Smith, and though that name is commonly equated with anonymity the usage is less formal)
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