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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
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?
etymology - Where did the term Hows tricks come from? - English . . . The full OED has it first recorded 1915 under definition P4 how's (less frequently how are) tricks? - how are things? how are you getting on? colloquial (originally U S ) Compare You never miss a trick (you exploit every opportunity) and How's your luck? (are you getting good opportunities?)
Idioms that mean making decision between two good options "A super car that's very expensive but you are not sure if you like it" - it's not clear how this is a good option Are you looking for an idiom that means making a decision between two potentially good options but you're not sure whether they're actually good?