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- Yikes! Where did it come from? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Could this help? Yikes might derive from fox hunting There is an older word, yoicks, dating from the mid-18th century, which was used to encourage the hounds to go after the [poor old] fox By the mid-19th century, it was being used as an exclamation of general excitement It was hoicks and hoic as early as the 17th century Masters of hounds have been known for centuries for the bizarre
- Big yikes Crossword Clue Answers
LA Times Crossword June 9 2024 "Big yikes" "Big yikes" While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: "Big yikes" crossword clue This crossword clue was last seen on June 9 2024 LA Times Crossword puzzle The solution we have for "Big yikes" has a total of 6 letters
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A: I woke up to find a centipede in my hair (creepy frightening ) B: Yikes! A: I had almost finished my salad when a centipede crawled out from under a lettuce leaf (disgusting) B: Ugh!
- LA Times Crossword June 9 2024 Answers
Here you may find all the LA Times Crossword June 9 2024 Answers You can play today's puzzle either online or in the print version at the LA Times Crossword newspaper
- Is coachee even a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If I am Rita's coach, is Rita my *coachee? (yikes) Is that even a word? Would it be correct instead to say she is my ward? What about terms for people at the other end of a mentor, sponsor relation
- origin unknown - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The OED says the origin of yonks is unknown and has it from 1968 in the Daily Mail: I rang singer Julie Driscoll She said: ‘I haven't heard from you for yonks ’ The Shorter Slang Dictionary (Partridge, Beale, Fergusson, 1994) agrees it's from the 1960s and suggests: Probably from years, perhaps influenced by donkey’s years Donkey's years (also donkeys' years) is a play on "donkey's
- LA Times Crossword June 25 2024 Answers
G O O D A S N E W "Yikes" O O F Be sorry about R U E Hardships I L L S Approximate fig E S T Bother relentlessly N A G Tea party attendees, often D O L L S Friend A L L Y Trace of smoke W I S P "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" singer Ives B U R L Field of study A R E A Great Basin people U T E S Open up to, with "with" B O N D "Dynamite" K-pop
- adjectives - What do you call a person who thinks a lot? - English . . .
contemplative (merriam-webster online) adjective given to or marked by long, quiet thinking a contemplative person who likes to go on solitary walks the contemplative life of the monks at the abbey Synonyms broody, cogitative, meditative, melancholy, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful See also: contemplative (ODO) (formal) 1 thinking quietly and seriously about
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