Phrases & Sayings

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jhtc

Postmodernism

The phrase postmodernism really annoys me for reasons that are probably obvious. Does anyone else have any similar bugbears?

nigidivitch

has anyone seen the pictograms - TOTOO or OOI or GONE WITH THE WIN or the word 'TENT' over the word 'GENT' or TOTOO an example of one i liked is 'HOROBOD' (ROBIN HOOD) and abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz...

Claireabella

Nesh

Anyone familiar with the term "nesh" as in to dislike cold and love being warm?? Some people have had no idea what i meant when i've said it, it is just a Midlands thing?? Anyone know where...

bartholomew

What does struming mean?

Struming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordskilling me softy with his songkilling me softly with his songtelling my whole lifewith his wordskilling me softly with his song

Peter Pedant

Fatherland

what's the difference between a fatherland and a motherland - can you have both ? This is a question from Another Person. I suggested that Germans have a fatherland and everyone else a mother land,...

lphifer

origin of a phrase

Where did the saying "Hell and Half of Georgia" originate?

johnny5

osteopornosis

osteopornosis a great new word deffinition = a degenerate disease whats your favourite new word

bartholomew

What si an appropriate adjective?

I am looking for an adjective or a noun phrase to describe a person whodue to his/her education focused on one subject or two (instead of many) is unable to speak about things otherthan what his/her...

alli mac

Old granny saying

When our gran was in a temper with us she would hold up the bread knife and "Darn you're eyeballs" what on earth would thatr mean?

KITTYKAT735

Where did this saying originate from?

Also what is the ending to it, as I have completely forgotten. "I see said the blind man, when he couldn't see at all...(then I think it says something about ..I hear said the deaf man)????

Xollob

Eighty-six (vtr.)

Came across the verb "eighty-six" today. Webster provides a definition and a tentative etymology; yourDictionary.com has a similar definition but different etymology. Can anyone perhaps shed more...

niccicheeks

Why is "Baby" used in Pop Songs?

Why is "Baby" used in Pop Songs?An Americanism for 'boyfriend'/'girlfriend'

avillezm

meaning of

no good deed goes undone

moe1946

old great granny saying

You can lock from a thief but not from a liar

kjc0123

meaning of "got shellacked"

What is the meaning of "got shellacked" in the following sentences? The Judge had refused to campaign. He claimed he had too much work to do, and, more important, the people knew him well and...

kjc0123

meaning of "A new ribbon had been needed for a decade" and "plow through life"

What is the meaning of "A new ribbon had been needed for a decade" and "plow through life" in the following sentences? The envelope was addressed to Professor N. Ray Atlee, University of...