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meaning - Where does funk and or funky come from and why the . . . The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, 'bad body odor,' and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, 'aroma of food and wine,' in French Louisiana
Substitute for F*** in emphasizing disbelief, anger, etc How do I replace F*** while expressing fully my disbelief, anger, etc? E g , "I think Homer Simpson is incredibly sexy" My reply "Get out of here! That's f***ing ridiculous "
Origin of current slang usage of the word sick to mean great? I think the pattern is related, though I'm unable to substantiate that Still, I've observed it enough: some adjective is used informally to mean something different than it typically means (maybe even the opposite of what it usually means) – a cool motorcycle, a nasty curveball, a rad (ical) dress, a wicked dance move, a gnarly book, an epic sunset, a sick jump, a bad pizza, etc Somehow
Meaning of Hunky Dunky - English Language Usage Stack Exchange What is the meaning of the phrase hunky dunky? I heard this phrase in a conversation in an episode of The Big Bang Theory, an American sitcom I haven't seen many usages of it The sentence goes
What is the origin of the phrase hunky dory? Nobody really knows There's no agreed derivation of the expression 'hunky-dory' It is American and the earliest example of it in print that I have found is from a collection of US songs, George Christy's Essence of Old Kentucky, 1862 We do know that 'hunky-dory' wasn't conjured from nowhere but was preceded by earlier words, i e 'hunkey', meaning 'fit and healthy' and 'hunkum-bunkum
How to describe the smell of a stagnant pond in hot climate? When you have a stagnant pool of water (like a pond) in a hot climate, the water smells a bit Stale perhaps, but not quite reeks or stinks or foul How do you best describe this smell?
Who of you vs which of you - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The funky gibbon The two long 'o's in 'who' and 'you' are separated by a single short word also beginning with 'o' Moreover, there are no hard consonants or sibilants to break up the phrase When spoken therefore, the overall sonic effect is "oo-o-yoo", or perhaps something like "oo-a-yoo", depending on pronunciation
Punctuation for a story read aloud within a story I would say, "Start the story like any other line that a character says The way I've formatted this quote is standard for American English, but where your commas go depends on the region Either way, it works for the most part like a normal line of dialogue at the beginning and end, just with a little bit of funky stuff in the middle "To start a new paragraph in the same quote, put quotation
expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A Google Books search finds only two instances of "it's not even funny" in its literal (or arguably literal) sense that antedate the first appearance of the idiomatic form of the phrase A headline in the Columbia Alumni News (October 20, 1922) proclaims "This Is No Joke!" with the subhead "It's Not Even Funny " And an advertisement in The Journeyman Barber, volumes 24–25 (1928–1929