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meaning - Where does funk and or funky come from and why the . . . The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, 'bad body odor,' and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, 'aroma of food and wine,' in French Louisiana
What is the most professional name for squiggly bracket? I am creating a software training video and need to refer to these brackets: { } I usually call them "squiggly brackets" or "curly brackets" Is there a more professional name?
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 We do know that 'hunky-dory' wasn't conjured from nowhere but was preceded by earlier words, i e 'hunkey', meaning 'fit and healthy' and 'hunkum-bunkum
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
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
Origin of “as all get out” meaning “to the utmost degree” At reference com, all get out is glossed as “in the extreme; to the utmost degree”, and at thefreedictionary com as an unimaginably large amount; “British say ‘it rained like billyo’ where
More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . . I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better: Thank you for your help with X, but we are still having problems with it and This is most likely how I would write it, an apology seems to be an admission that you feel "bad" for asking and can sound "whiny", while a thank you gives the
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