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- etymology - What is the origin of the term ‘blue movie’? - English . . .
blue movie n a pornographic film 1939 P van Paassen Days of our Years iii 93 ‘Blue’ movies in Marseilles and Buenos Aires 1952 Billboard 3 May 3 2 There will be no more stag parties with blue movies or floorshows within the city limits, according to an order issued by Sgt Wilton Shaw of the vice squad
- What exactly is Imma? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In 2010, linguist Neal Whitman wrote it's the Prime Time for "Imma" commenting on its use in pop lyrics In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to
- Why does blue blazes specify the color blue, and what is the origin . . .
Ye blue blazes of damnation! 1821 [Ire] ‘A Real Paddy’ Real Life in Ireland 166: Blood and blue blazes, swore old Mrs Tarpaulin According to the Word Detective: The choice of “blue” is probably largely due to the alliterative charm of having two initial consonants in the phrase “blue blazes ” But the fact that it’s well-known
- expressions - What is a canary in a coal mine? - English Language . . .
In case where a person is described as a canary in a coal mine, it usually means that they are being unwittingly used in some experiment
- Origin of Well, well, well. What do we have here?
The blue line is "what do we have here", and the others are co-incident "[[well] well] well what do we have here": The map on the page shows the interest in the phrase is predominantly from the USA I expect May 2009 seems to be when this motivational poster spoof spread around the internet:
- Where did the phrase blue sky thinking come from?
Blue-sky thinking is the activity of trying to find completely new ideas Some consultants are good at blue-sky thinking but cannot translate that into practical change noun creative ideas that are not limited by current thinking or beliefs Wiktionary defines it as: Noun blue-sky thinking (uncountable)
- etymology - Origin of the of the phrase feeling blue - English . . .
The second earliest in-the-wild match (from 1832) that I found seems to play on the connection between blue from "blue devils" and blue from "turning blue" with cold As for the place of origin of the phrase "feeling blue," it is striking that the earliest instances of "feeling blue" (from 1826), "feels blue" (from 1832), and "feel blue" (1835
- Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both leading to . . .
It is analogous to the expressions "between the devil and the deep blue sea," "between a rock and a hard place," or, as those in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world say, "Between a cross and a sword " This is the opposite of the Buridan's Ass
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