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etymology - What is the lost origin of hoodlum? - English Language . . . The Hoodlum Band was arrested on December 13, 1866 Refer to The Frederick Bee History Project "Hoodlum" page From that page: Hudelum means disorderly in a German dialect, Swabian This is corroborated by the etymology for 'hoodlum' given at WordReference com: Etymology: dialect, dialectal German; compare Swabian derivatives of Hudel rag, e g hudelum disorderly, hudellam weak, slack
vocabulary - English Language Usage Stack Exchange a hoodlum who collects money owed to a racketeer ' a 'juice man' (loan collector) for syndicate hoodlum bosses (1950s+ underworld) ' Source: Dictionary com juice collector (slang): one who collects the money (juice) owed to a bookmaker or a loan shark Source: Wiki Books containing references to the above terms: The Black Book and the Mob
Whats the meaning of hood here? - English Language Usage Stack . . . Actually, the point of my response is that the speaker is using "hood" as an adjective meaning something contrary to "nice " I also don't say that it means "neighborhood" in the cited context Re: Urban Dictionary I am not positing that urban dictionary is an authority on the English language, but it would stand to reason that in the question of slang, the most important question is what words
Etymology of punk? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The word existed with a different meaning back in the times of Shakespeare From Wikipedia From the late 16th through the 18th century, punk was a common, coarse synonym for prostitute; William Shakespeare used it with that meaning in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602) and Measure for Measure (1623) The term eventually came to describe "a young male hustler, a gangster, a hoodlum, or a ruffian
Etymology of goon - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The etymologies of "goon" that I've looked up seem to center on Alice the Goon, a " slow-witted and muscular (but gentle-natured) character" created by E C Segar (Popeye's daddy) But it seems like at least one of the senses of the word, as in "hired company goons", could very well be derived from the Hindi word gunda (pronounced goon-daa) meaning hoodlum or bully Any insights or information
punctuation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The word “punctuation” derives from two ancient roots: “punc,” meaning “a hoodlum,” and “tuation,” meaning “desire to become ” (The etymology is false; it’s just a funny example taken from Comma sense: a fun-damental guide to punctuation, written by Richard Lederer and John Shore )
What is the clearest way to describe two kitty-corner buildings? The OED doesn't have an entry for kitty-corner; however, under rue v 1 it has the citation Wilson had rued the hoodlum motorcyclists and snowmobilers cutting kitty-corner across his yard and ruining his ferns