- meaning - Where does funk and or funky come from and why the . . .
funky "old, musty," in reference to cheeses, then "repulsive," from funk ["bad smell," 1620s, from dialectal Fr funkière "smoke"] It began to develop an approving sense in jazz slang c 1900, probably on the notion of "earthy, strong, deeply felt " Funky also was used early 20c by white writers in reference to body odor allegedly peculiar to
- What is the most professional name for squiggly bracket?
The Chicago Manual of Style refers to them as "braces" 6 102 "Braces, {}, often called curly brackets, provide yet another option for enclosing data and are used in various ways in certain programming languages
- Substitute for F*** in emphasizing disbelief, anger, etc
You are right I probably choose your answer as the right one But I guess I am going to leave this open for a while in case someone offers a creative and funny one I once heard someone use "Bull Funky" to replace Bulls*** That was funny –
- What is the origin of the phrase hunky dory?
Nobody really knows There's no agreed derivation of the expression 'hunky-dory' It is American and the earliest example of it in print that I have found is from a collection of US songs, George Christy's Essence of Old Kentucky, 1862
- Origin of current slang usage of the word sick to mean great?
This question ought to be reopened, because the current answers are basically wrong Whether or not other usage in youth culture pre-dates it, sick became slang for pretty much the opposite of what it traditionally means in the late '90s in South London, with predominantly black kids into the 'grime' music scene, which in turn spawned the 'dubstep' music scene
- Who of you vs which of you - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The funky gibbon The two long 'o's in 'who' and 'you' are separated by a single short word also beginning with 'o' Moreover, there are no hard consonants or sibilants to break up the phrase When spoken therefore, the overall sonic effect is "oo-o-yoo", or perhaps something like "oo-a-yoo", depending on pronunciation
- Where does the slang word bad + ass (badass) come from?
The earliest bad-ass According the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1994), the word bad-ass is attested first as an adjective (1955), then as a noun (1956), and then as a verb (1974–1977)
- A word for something that is, Bizarre but, Beautiful
Is there a word that describes something that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc but also beautiful, wonderful, amazing, fantastic, etc ? Example: a word to describe a place that is strangely lo
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