etymology - Where does "otay" come from? - English Language
Jun 24, 2011 · "Otay" comes from The Little Rascals (a.k.a. "Our Gang") , a 1920's comedy series featuring a variety of child actors, in particular one called Buckwheat, who had a bit of a lisp or …
Where does 'doofus' (or perhaps 'dufus') come from?
Sep 13, 2013 · UPDATE: March 2, 2015. Since I now have access to J.E. Lighter's excellent Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1994), I decided to add some of the …
etymology - "Make it so!" - where does it come from, how does it …
Apr 22, 2013 · It had a specific nautical meaning in the 19th century. From the OED: I. 35. †f. Naut. In the imperative phrase make it so, by which the commander of a vessel instructs that …
etymology - Where does the word "dog" come from? - English …
I discovered on a quiz show the other day that the word "dog" appears to have come from nowhere and displaced the German word "hund". Has any research revealed how it arrived in …
Where does the idiom "whole cloth" come from? [closed]
Thefreedictionary has an entry:. Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American" (Ned Rorem).
Where does the phrase "wild horses won't keep me away" come …
Mar 3, 2016 · I've heard the phrase "wild horses won't keep me away", as is if wild horses were dragging me away, I wouldn't be kept from going where I was going.
pronunciation - Why is quixotic pronounced as it is? - English …
Dec 28, 2013 · "The correct pronunciation is 'Don Qui-Sh-Otay', because in the book the character speaks in old Castilian." By extension, "quixotic" should be pronounced: [kee-sho …
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Where does the term "Scandihoovian" come from?
Apr 26, 2013 · SCANDIWEGIAN The general maritime slang name for a man or ship from Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Sometimes "Scowegian" or "Scandihoovian".