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- etymology - Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from? - English . . .
The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now
- etymology - What is the origin of the phrase ‘By the by. . . ’? - English . . .
By the by dates from the 1610’s (confirmed by Alenanno’s data), and the key (and originality) to its etymology is in the second by Etymonline says of by: Originally an adverbial particle of place, in which sense it is retained in place names (Whitby, Grimsby, etc ) Elliptical use for "secondary course" (opposed to main) in Old English
- What are some good sites for researching etymology? [closed]
Online Etymology Dictionary; Google Books, set date range and sort by date* Google Ngram Viewer; Bill Mullins has a giant list of Full Text Databases; Internet Archive; Project Gutenberg; HathiTrust Digital Library; The Right Rhymes: hop-hop slang defined; Rap Stats by Rap Genius gives an idea of earliest use, but cannot be searched by time
- etymology - Where did Im Jonesing get its meaning from? - English . . .
Great Jones Street is relevant because a competing folk etymology noted on WordWizard cites that Manhattan street as the origin of jones in the sense of addiction Specifically, a person named Shelley, posting on March 23, 2007, offers this squib:
- etymology - What are the components of a word called? - English . . .
The etymology of the word parasol states that it arises "from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”)" I would like to know what the two components, para and sole, are called in this example Units components might work But, I suspect that there is a more fitting linguistic term for them
- etymology - Origin of the word cum - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Etymonline explains: cum (verb and noun) seems to be a modern (by 1973) variant of the sexual sense of come that originated in pornographic writing, perhaps first in the noun sense
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Etymology Online Dictionary puts the following: Giraffe: long-necked ruminant animal of Africa, 1590s, giraffa( )The modern form of the English word is attested by c 1600 and is via French girafe (13c )
- etymology - How and when did being fired come to mean losing ones . . .
I searched this site and also searched etymology online and could find nothing about this question The Ngram AmE shows that the phrase 'fired from job' began in the early 1920s for AmE and the Ngram BrE indicates that BrE only begins to have results from the late 1960s
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