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- Where does the word “jism” come from? - English Language Usage . . .
Another word of mysterious origins of jism, in the sense of spunk The OED mentions it is sometimes spelled jizz, and may even be the precursor word to jazz But neither the OED nor Etymonline gives any etymology for this word The oldest citation is from 1847, and there are many citations from the 20 th century So where do we get the word
- Where did the word “quim” come from? - English Language Usage . . .
Early dictionary coverage of 'quim' Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) has nine slang terms for "the private parts" of a girl or woman—to wit: bumbo, Carvel's ring, cauliflower, cock alley (or cock lane), commodity, madge, money, muff, and notch, plus an unidentified tenth one, ****, that appears in the entry for cauliflower
- What is the correct way to pluralize an acronym initialism?
The crux of the problem is that SOS’s cannot serve as both a genitive singular and a nominative plural, because you then run into a brick wall trying to make a genitive plural: ****SOS’s’s*** or some such similar silliness simply doesn’t work
- English word for the Urdu Amanat
I came across this question by accident and noted some good answers, but none that OP accepted This question is rather unique because OP has given a foreign-language word (Hindi Urdu; foreign to native English speakers) and asked for a single-word English equivalent
- slang - Where does cant be arsed come from? - English Language . . .
It may be more the structure than the word "arse" that is at the origin of this There are a few expressions where you can use a whole range of words, but the important thing is the structure
- Where does the word “minge” come from? - English Language Usage . . .
The slang term minge in the sense of quim dates from the beginning of the 20 th century However, neither the OED nor Etymonline has any idea where it came from
- Where does the slang adjective “peng” come from?
here's one definition of peng Adj 1 The best, great, excellent, often heard with reference to drugs E g "This weed is peng!"
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