Pussy(cat) vs cat - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the difference between a pussy or pussycat and just cat? According to some soft sources, such as this yahoo answers question the term pussycat is a female cat, complementing the tom cat wh
meaning - Use of pussy as term of endearment - English Language . . . In the late 60s there was an artficial attempt to establish the term 'pussycat' as a cool term of endearment chatup line Fortunately it never took off and the only remnant of it is the Tom Jones number 'What's new pussycat?' I always thought that having Matt Crawford use it was meant as an indication of his age and smarmy impressionability
nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 2 Barenaked Bunnyrabbit Forefront Kittycat Ratfink Pussycat Sodapop Sumtotal Taperecord Tincan Admittedly, some of those would more often be written with a hyphen (or even a space) to separate their component words
Which is it: 1½ years old or 1½ year old? [duplicate] You can also say the child is 18 months old Alternatively, "He's one and a half" would be understood perfectly (presumably one would already know the child's gender) I think the full written form is preferable, but there's no one to stop you from writing the number in digits: "He's 1½ years old" is also fine
Origin of I see, said the blind man, as he waved his wooden leg "I see", said the blind man, as he waved his wooden leg is an expression used by someone on whom comprehension has just dawned, or a catch-phrase addressed to that person Sometimes it can be divi
grammar - I was using, I have used, I have been using, I had . . . I have used cocaine I took cocaine at least once sometime in the past I was using cocaine In the past, I was a habitual user of cocaine EDIT: As the comment says, this can also mean a process in the past, e g "I was using cocaine when the accident happened" can mean "I was not looking at the road since I was snorting cocaine " I have been using cocaine Starting some time in the past, and
What is the origin of A cat in hells chance What is the origin of the phrase: "A cat in hell's chance"? I understand it to mean "not a chance", but it seems a very curious saying and I wonder how it originated e g Bob: Do you think
What is the difference between unfeasible and infeasible? I'm not sure of the difference either, but what I am sure of is that, in "The infeasibility of the project became apparent", infeasibility is a noun, not an adjective, and that in "Completion of the project within the timeframe became unfeasible," unfeasible is an adjective following 'become' as they do following'get''BE' 'seem' etc ie, it is not an adverb as claimed