Mar 24, 2011 · Kicking posteriors and taking names. The expression "kicking butt/ass and taking names" may go back as far as World War II, although the earliest cited source in J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1997) is from 1962. Here is the relevant part of Lighter's entry:

Phrase can be used in reference to someone or something that is having multiple successes in succession. kicking ass - Kicking someone or something's ass, beating, defeating an opponent at a task. taking names - Recording a list of future contestants who will have also be beaten or defeated in the defined task.

Apr 13, 2017 · People ain't buying that shit no more. We're checking Whitey out, telling him his system is corrupt, it stinks. Black people are ready to kick ass and take names. Edit: Sorry. I spoke too soon. Here's a citation from five years earlier from The Green Berets by Robin Moore (1965): He's out kicking ass and taking names everywhere. He found Ling ...

Jan 16, 2019 · I'll note that I've always assumed that this expression ("kick ass and take names") has a military origin, referring to a hard-nosed drill instructor or some such. And also note that "kick ass" and "whip ass" are two different things with different connotations.

Jun 15, 2020 · What is the grammatical name and grammatical function of the part of the sentence that is in bold? What the teacher taught was not in the students' text. The principal ate what was left in the pot.

Taking Names. You already said it in your original post - you could say "Sarah's really been taking names!", and infer the impolite part for the listener. Another possibility as someone mentioned in the comments is "knocking it out of the park", or perhaps "racking them up"

Jonathon Green's sources (as cited in Brian Hooper's answer) notwithstanding, the limerick that appears in Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and Other Humorous …

I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject. The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf of" and "on behalf of"—but not one addresses the question of how to handle "on behalf of" when used by a speaker to refer to another person and to him- or herself.

Aug 23, 2015 · Does not have an answer, the author likely misinterpreted the meme's usage; Deez Nuts ain't loyal is a variation on "These hoes ain't loyal" EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING, a line in a song by Chris Brown. Many people said "Deez" instead of "These", so a "Deez Nuts" Joke was inevitable.

Dec 8, 2013 · In before X (sometimes "inb4 X") is most often used as the first reply to a thread or comment, and only if that thread or comment is bait: that is, there is at least a 100% chance that someone else will reply to the OP using a particular meme, flame, or solution. encyclopediadramatica