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Whats the origin of saying yoo hoo! to get someones attention? The Oxford English Dictionary dates yoo-hoo to 1924, as noted by the American Dialect Society, and compares it to yo-ho, originally a nautical phrase also sometimes used in yo-heave-ho Their first documented use of yo-ho is from 1769 in William Falconer's An universal dictionary of the marine: Hola-ho, a cry which answers to yoe-hoe Yo-ho derives from two interjections Yo: an exclamation of
etymology - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could . . . Details: Woodchuck is used as an alternative name for groundhogs The etymology of woodchuck suggests that the word is not related with "wood" and "chucking" and I think the tongue twister touches on this in a humorous way because woodchucks cannot chuck wood actually (Can they?) From Etymonline: woodchuck (n ) 1670s, alteration (influenced by wood (n )) of Cree (Algonquian) otchek or Ojibwa
Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US? English writing often uses slashes to form two-letter abbreviations, plus the one-letter w – some examples, roughly in order of frequency: I O – “input output” w – “with” c o – “care of” A C – “air conditioning” w o – “without” R C – “remote control” b c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of
Coquette vs. flirt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the difference between coquette and flirt? They seem to mean the exact same thing; is it only their historical or etymological baggage that determines different usage?
single word requests - Verb to refer to people yelling wooh . . . At first I thought it was called wooing wooed But then I checked the Free Dictionary: woo (w) v wooed, woo·ing, woos v tr 1 To seek the affection of with intent to romance 2 a To seek to achieve; try to gain b To tempt or invite 3 To entreat, solicit, or importune v intr To court a woman And realized it was not What's the correct
Onomatopoeia for sirens (police, ambulance, fire engines) 3 I like the one suggested by the UD: Wee woo: is the sound a siren makes It is used in jest, to make fun of police cars, fire engines, ambulances, anything with a siren, really Popularized by short films Anyway I don't think there is an 'official' one
euphemisms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange “Bullshit” is often a slang verb used when writing essays to mean that you are writing things without much deep thought or care I'm looking for a more formal definition of the word “Bullshit” I