Origin of canoodle - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm sure many of you can think of times you've enjoyed canoodling on the couch Especially in these colder months Now I'm reminiscing in my ivory tower, I wonder what the origin of the word canoodle is Etymonline and Oxford Online Dictionaries both say "origin unknown" Does anyone know where the word comes from?
50s synonym for snogging - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I looked up my favorite canoodling in Ngrams and even though its initial peak was around the 30', when compared to snogging: in the year 1954, canoodling has 0 0000002822% whereas snogging has "only" 0 0000000415% - that is 6 8 times less
Polite alternative for none of your business It seems it's rude and impolite to say directly to someone "none of your business" So, what's the more gentle alternative (s) for situations in which we should say "hey, this is none of your busin