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etymology - When did people start boinking? - English Language . . . Do you think boink is a blending of boing and bonk*, or simply a spelling variation of bonk? Your earlier references seem to indicate that "boink" original meant to either tap people (gently) on their heads or spring energetically forward backward?
Word for something that threatens its own existence The problem seems to be existential - "Could such a thing exist?" Something that threatens its own existence, but never actually does the action that would destroy it? Such a thing would not even qualify as "potentially self-destructive", as one of those things would never have actually done it == Some further clarification is required, e g context and a sample sentence
etymology - What is the origin of the idiom I did her? - English . . . Some obviously relate to penetration or other aspects of the sex act (hit, nail, boink, lay, sleep with ), but a lot are very common verbs with numerous meanings (do, have, take, etc) It's probable that many of these uses arise multiple times, quite independently, through processes of metaphor and or euphemism
How Many Diphthongs Are There In English? She said her book said there were only two diphthongs and that I was wrong So, how many are there? I told her I think there are probably more like ten I thought of six immediately, but she said they weren't diphthongs because her book didn't say they were "i" in time "i" in bite "o" in bone "a" in bane "oi" in boink "ou" in house
Why is sɪ pronounced differently in six sɪks and sit sɪt ? six sɪks and sit sɪt Why do they have the same phonetic symbol sɪ , if sɪ is pronounced differently in those two words? The main focus in my question isn't the difference in pronunciatio