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- etymology - When did smoking gun become a set phrase? - English . . .
As used by the speaker, a "smoking gun decision" is simply a decision made under extreme duress, as if while a smoking gun were being waved at you by the person asking you for your decision The first instance that Google Books finds of "smoking gun" in the sense of "irrefutable proof of guilt" appears in the context of the Watergate scandal of
- Origin of Fits [x] to a T? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In this case, although there is no smoking gun, the 'to a tittle' derivation would probably stand up in court as 'beyond reasonable doubt' So the OED and Phrase Finder agree that the most likely etymology is that the phrase to a T comes from to a tittle There is also the phrase: to a tittle, with minute exactness, to the smallest particular
- etymology - Where do shenanigans come from? - English Language . . .
Later references in NYTimes refer to it in quotes, like an the name of an archetype for 'claim deception' It's also used in the singular I can't see a smoking gun yet, but I suspect it's an actual alternate name to the Nevada Water Co's Bicknell ditch coming into use before the case was heard but after deception –
- synonyms - Whats the word for drugging someone? - English Language . . .
R I P "Oscar": Dog Dosed With LSD By Owners Dies After Being Struck By Car (The Smoking Gun) The Plymouth Diaries: That Time A Neo-Nazi Dosed Me With LSD ( Remy Carreiro ) Family Gets Dosed With LSD From Walmart Steaks ( Bubblews )
- What is the proper name for a circle with a line through it?
The general prohibition sign (official name, according to ISO 7010), also known as a no symbol, no sign, circle-backslash symbol, nay, interdictory circle or universal no, is a red circle with a red diagonal line through it (running from top left to bottom right), completely enclosing a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted
- verbs - Whats the difference between I look forward to and Im . . .
Hmm, okay, a totally non-grammatical (probably, and thus very likely totally wrong) answer by an avowed non-grammarian (who nevertheless described and describes himself as a grammar-nazi at times):
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc , and which p
- expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Musing, I sat smoking a pipe, In reverie deep till the air was blue;— My father came, alas! too true, I smoked no more The air was blue To sum up, we have instances between 1854 and 1905 in which blue air seems to be ascribed to cold, to suppressed heat, to pipe smoke, to gun smoke, to a general rifeness, to prurience, to raucous (but not
- Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English)
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it comes from "fag", meaning a loose piece of cloth: fag (n 1) Look up fag at Dictionary com British slang for "cigarette" (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag "loose piece, last remnant of cloth" (late 14c , as in fag-end "extreme end, loose piece," 1610s), which perhaps is related to fag (v ), which
- A few vs. few - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
= Some people think that smoking is healthy "Few people think that smoking is healthy " = Only a few people, a very small number, think that smoking is healthy; most think that it is not "Quite a few people think that smoking is healthy " = Many people, a (surprisingly) large number, think that smoking is healthy "This car comes in a few
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