Where did the word “quim” come from? - English Language Usage . . . So unless Egan is the anonymous member, the inclusion of quim antedates his administration of Grose's dictionary John Jamison, Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, volume 2 (1825) has entries for the (possibly unrelated) adjectives queem quim and quim: QUEEM, QUIM, adj 1 Neat, fit, filled up to the general
Where did the phrase I dont give a rats ass come from? Apart from a single occurrence in 1953 (see Colin’s answer), Google ngram sees it picking up from 1970, after sporadic use in the 60’s I don't know anything about where it comes from, but it was probably picked up more for how it rolls of the tongue than other reasons
(s) or s at the end of a word to denote one or many I like to use less- greater- than brackets, "<s>", which is more similar to parentheses than separation with a forward-slash, and has added benefit of making easier to parse with more clear distinction in cases of more different pluralizations than required by simply adding an ‘s’ or ‘es’ (e g also eliminating something, like ‘-us’ to ‘-i’)
Whats the generic word for weekly monthly etc. service? My guesses are: recurring or cyclic order service In what cases would you use one or the other? Context: A customer can book a one-time service or choose an interval I'd like to name a service
Is the usage of maam in the Philippines correct? In typical English Missus, abbreviated Mrs , or Miss, abbreviated Ms , are used as honorifics As StoneyB says, if using Ma'am as an honorific is the convention in the Philippines, then such is correct in the Philippines However, it is not correct in any other English-speaking country as far as I am aware
etymology - When did the word alien begin referring to . . . One should ask first when people started to refer to non-human inhabitants of other planets There was space fiction before 1900, but people were human, not alien The concept of intelligent beings from a different biome is quite modern, and required a widespread knowledge of evolution to produce and to appreciate
Is there a more common phrase that means preponed? I was aware of this and this stackexchange post discuss the same There is no prepone in English Ok, then how do I say Our meeting is preponed in correct way? What is the correct word phrase for p