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etymology - Origin of the phrase for the win? - English Language . . . Numerous internet sources, including a hotforwords video, claim that FTW, "for the win", originated with Hollywood Squares, a 1966-1981 US television show It's likely that Hollywood Squares popularized the phrase, using it in show after show for 15 years, but I believe the true origin of it is in football or rugby For example, after making a touchdown in football, a team faces the choice of
Where when did the phrase F--k the World originate? I first encountered "FTW" as an abbreviation for the phrase in question when it came up in Penelope Spheeris's great documentary about the Los Angeles punk rock scene, The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization (1980), in the context of a tattoo that is being inked on the arm of some band or entourage member of the group X The explanation comes at 7:53 of the linked video I strongly
Word or phrase for literally and figuratively? 1 A syllepsis is the noun you're looking for the adverb sylleptically meaning both, or two meanings also I'm just throwing it out there that this is all from Archer FTW
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A recent discussion came up in GameDev that suggests that when you are using apostrope for abbreviations, that the correct apostrophe to use when typing is the backtick On US Keyboards below the e
What do you call a bunch of garlic (when you dont remove the cloves)? When I was young I had an Agatha Christie jigsaw puzzle and "whodunnit" book set The book detailed a murder most foul and you had to deduce who the killer was The vital clue was in the solved jigsaw puzzle The clue was that the killer had two heads of garlic sitting in a bowl instead of the two cloves the recipe called for, therefore he couldn't have been a trained chef, which eliminated
What do you call someone who is addicted to a Q A website? I was looking for a term for someone who is addicted to a Q amp;A website but I came up with general terms like nethead, cybernaut, netizen, internet addict etc You can think of adjectives like