- Origin of canoodle - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Canoodle, to (English and Amerito bill can), fondle, pet, dally, and coo I meet her in the evening, for she likes to take a walk At the moment when the moon cavorts above, And we prattle and canoodle, and of everything we talk Except, of course, that naughty topic love —Bird o' Freedom Possibly from "cannie," gentle
- Etymology and meaning of the word snog
(Anderson ) Richard Spears, in Slang and Euphemism lists snog to neck; to kiss and caress For synonyms, see FIRKYTOODLE [British slang, 1900s] He defines firkytoodle as "sexual play, sexual foreplay" and lists dozens of synonyms, including canoodle, love up, and spoon
- Whats a suffix that means to find something cute or adorable?
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- Where does the term Scandihoovian come from?
Whoever hears snooze, canoodle, and nincompoop begins to smile; add boondoggle to this list ” Roger Wescott listed a number of slang terms from the past century that share this quality Most of his examples are either uncommon or defunct
- Origin of the word shill (shillaber) - English Language Usage . . .
I was recently looking up word origins for various types of tricksters, in honor of April Fool's Day Interestingly, I couldn't find much about the word "shill" other than that its origin was around
- Origin of g-string - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Does anyone know the origin of the term "g-string" (clothing)? All of the dictionaries I've looked at are uncertain about the origin of the word I even tried googling for the answer, but to no avail
- etymology - Theres a pork chop in every beer, origin - English . . .
Conclusions It seems highly likely that one of these three expressions supplied the inspiration for the other two, but the earliest recorded instances I've been able to find for each variant are fairly closely bunched: "sandwich," December 1995; "pork chop," September 2000: and "steak," February 2002 I suppose that "There's a sandwich in every beer" is the current top contender, but a
- origin of gingerly - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For years I thought gingerly meant "with spirit or liveliness," I suppose because "spirit and liveliness" define the noun ginger But no; gingerly means "cautiously or carefully " How did it take
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