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Calm, cool and collective vs calm, cool and collected What is the difference between calm, cool and collective and calm, cool and collected? What is the meaning of collective or collected when used in this way? I checked the dictionary but still do
Where does the phrase cool your jets come from? The OED says the phrase "cool your jets", meaning to calm down or become less agitated, is originally US and the first quoted in a newspaper: 1973 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 29 Jan 1 1 If you want to cool your jets, just step outside, where it will be about 10 degrees under cloudy skies That use is to literally cool yourself down The first with the usual meaning is a bit later the
Where did the slang usages of cool come from? I see and hear two general slang usages of cool - one meaning great (illustrated by a and b below), and one meaning acceptable okay (illustrated by c and d) The following are Dictionary com's four (
conjunctions - All but idiom has two meanings? - English Language . . . Technically, you're dealing with two different phrases Which one is correct depends on your usage of them, and in your two examples, both are equally correct When you insert a noun in between the two words ("all x but"), you are referring to a collection of x but noting that there are exceptions The "all but" idiom refers to the fact that the subject of the idiom is as close to being
What is the origin of giving [it] the old college try? What is the origin of giving [it] the old college try? In particular, is it referencing an old ritual that might have percolated amongst alumni of the old and prestigious New England colleges
over a call vs on a call - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I will explain about the project over a call I will explain about the project on a call I have read here that over can be used as during So is explain over a call correct? which is the correct
Origin of current slang usage of the word sick to mean great? I think the pattern is related, though I'm unable to substantiate that Still, I've observed it enough: some adjective is used informally to mean something different than it typically means (maybe even the opposite of what it usually means) – a cool motorcycle, a nasty curveball, a rad (ical) dress, a wicked dance move, a gnarly book, an epic sunset, a sick jump, a bad pizza, etc Somehow