- What is the origin of the term toots to refer to a woman?
OED says Toots is probably from the earlier "meaningless alliteration" Tootsy-wootsy used as a term of endearment (or just to refer to a woman or sweetheart in general)
- meaning - Origin of tootsie or tootsy (foot) - English Language . . .
I was just sitting thinking I had cold tootsies meaning my toes or feet! This got me wondering, where on earth does the word tootsie tootsy come from? I did Google this and got definitions (appare
- What is the origin and meaning of the term Butt Buddies?
Today, in the midst of chatting on other SE sites, the term "bum buddies" was used Some other users took this to be offensive, saying that it was just a slightly less egregious version of "butt bu
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To clarify, the situation I'm asking about is as a 'call-word' (a vocative, a stand alone hey-you (what -is- the word for this)), not as a referential noun The later is -very- gendered, it says exactly what sex a person is, and the feminine version is most likely 'lady' E g 'Was it a dude or a lady who was caught shoplifting at Victoria's Secret?'
- phrases - What is the etymology of Tough titty - English Language . . .
Chambers Slang Dictionary dates it to the 1920s, and also records the variants hard titty, tough tiddy, tough tit, tough titties and tough tits It is defined as ‘bad luck’ and shown to produce tough tits, toots, described, accurately enough, I would imagine, as ‘a phrase of dismissal’ A hardened nipple is, presumably, less likely to deliver the sustenance, or any other comfort
- What is the origin, and correct spelling of, shtook?
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English has this: shtuck; schtuck; schtook; stuk noun trouble Not Yiddish despite appearances, although probably formed on the Yiddish model of a reduplicated word commencing with a ‘sh’ sound, in which case ‘shtuck’ is a variant of ‘stuck’ (in a difficult situation) UK, 1936 The OED agrees, "origin unknown: app
- meaning - Is there an explanation for why both pop and pops are . . .
A shortened form of the hypocoristic dim suffix -sy suffix, added to the same classes of words, as Babs, Toots; ducks (see duck n 1 3c), moms I wasn't familiar with the referenced singular use of moms, but the OED entry for that word provides some examples that are similar to the use of pops: In quot 1976, addressed ironically to a man
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The plural of foot is feet but the plurals of root, boot, and toot are roots, boots, and toots I have ascertained from my research that whenever an oo word changes its plural form to ee, that word traces to West Germanic The counterexamples come from different languages Questions How did these irregular nouns come to be?
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